15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Holy Spirit
• Love
• Obedience and Disobedience

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 6:11 — And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
• 1John 3:11 — For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
• 1John 3:11 — For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
• 1John 3:14 — We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
• 1John 3:14 — We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
• 1John 3:18 — My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
• 1John 3:23 — And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
• 1John 3:23 — And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
• 1John 4:7 — Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
• 1John 4:7 — Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
• 1John 4:12 — No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
• 1John 4:20 — If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
• 1John 5:1 — Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
• 1Pet 1:2 — Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
• 1Pet 2:17 — Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
• 1Pet 2:17 — Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
• 1Pet 3:1 — Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
• 1Pet 3:8 — Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
• 1Pet 3:8 — Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
• 1Pet 4:8 — And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
• 1Pet 4:8 — And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
• 1Pet 4:17 — For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
• 1Thess 3:12 — And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
• 1Thess 4:8 — He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
• 1Thess 5:15 — See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
• 1Tim 1:3 — As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
• 1Tim 1:5 — Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
• 1Tim 1:5 — Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
• 1Tim 4:12 — Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
• 1Tim 5:2 — The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
• 2Cor 6:6 — By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
• 2Cor 6:6 — By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
• 2Cor 7:1 — Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• 2Cor 8:7 — Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
• 2Cor 8:8 — I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
• 2Cor 10:5 — Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
• 2John 1:1 — The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
• 2John 1:5 — And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
• 2Pet 1:7 — And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
• 2Pet 1:7 — And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.