“My” | μου, | Of me | My |
“little children,” | Τεκνία | An infant, i.e., (plural figuratively) darlings (Christian converts) | little children |
“let us” | ἀγαπῶμεν | To love (in a social or moral sense) | let |
“not” | μὴ | (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas G3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether | not |
“love” | ἀγαπῶμεν | To love (in a social or moral sense) | love |
“in word,” | λόγῳ | Something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e., Christ) | word |
“neither” | μηδὲ | But not, not even; in a continued negation, nor | neither |
“in tongue;” | γλώσσῃ | The tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired) | tongue |
“but” | ἀλλ' | Properly, other things, i.e., (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations) | but |
“in deed” | ἔργῳ | Toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication, an act | deed |
“and” | καὶ | And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words | and |
“in truth.” | ἀληθείᾳ | Truth | truth |