16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Love
• Truth

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

• 1Cor 1:18 — For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
• 1Cor 1:18 — For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
• 1Cor 15:33 — Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
• 1Cor 16:22 — If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
• 1Thess 2:16 — Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
• 1Tim 2:4 — Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
• 2Cor 2:15 — For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
• 2Cor 2:15 — For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
• 2Cor 2:17 — For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
• 2Cor 4:2 — But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscienc
• 2Cor 11:15 — Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
• 2Pet 2:12 — But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
• 2Pet 3:5 — For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
• Acts 7:42 — Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of f
• Acts 17:11 — These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
• Acts 19:35 — And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the
• Dan 8:12 — And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.
• Dan 12:10 — Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
• Deut 29:4 — Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
• Eph 4:14 — That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
• Eph 5:6 — Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
• Exod 4:21 — And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not le
• Ezek 12:2 — Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.
• Heb 3:10 — Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
• Heb 10:26 — For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
• Job 21:14 — Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
• Job 24:13 — They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
• John 3:17 — For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
• John 3:19 — And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
• John 5:34 — But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
• John 8:45 — And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
• John 8:45 — And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
• John 16:3 — And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
• Luke 17:1 — Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
• Mark 4:6 — But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
• Mark 11:33 — And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
• Matt 13:23 — But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
• Neh 6:5 — Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
• Prov 1:7 — The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
• Prov 2:1 — My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;