Let us love

1Jn 3:18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. (ESV)

1Jn 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. (KJV)

We are now still quarreling for "word" and "tongue," But John say we are to love in deed and in truth!

John does not condemn kind words which are comforting and cheering, but warm words should be accompanied by warm deeds to make real “in deed and in truth” (en ergōi kai alētheiāi). Here is a case where actions do speak louder than mere words and tongue speaking!

In such acts as shall show that our professed love is sincere and real. Let us do the deed of love, whether anything is said about it or not. 

Christian charity stands not in word nor tongue speaking, but in deed, and proceeds from a sincere affection.

When the venerable John could no longer walk to the meetings of the Church but was borne thither by his disciples, he always uttered the same address to the Church; he reminded them of that one commandment which he had received from Christ Himself, as comprising all the rest, and forming the distinction of the new covenant, “My little children, love one another.” When the brethren present, wearied of hearing the same thing so often, asked why he always repeated the same thing, he replied, “Because it is the commandment of the Lord, and if this one thing be attained, it is enough” [Jerome].