1 John 2:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

I write

1 John 3:11

Acts 17:19

2 John 1:5

But

General references

John 15:12

Bible References

I write

For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

And they took him, and brought him to Mars hill, saying: Are we able to understand what this new teaching is, which is announced by you?

And now I beseech you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

But

You have heard that it was said: You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.

Jesus said to him: You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with your whole soul, and with your whole mind.

And Jesus answered him: The first commandment of all is, Hear, Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.

Owe no one any thing, except to love one another; for he that loves another, has fulfilled the law.

For you have been called to freedom, brethren: only use not your freedom as an occasion for the flesh, but become servants to one another, through love.

If, however, you fulfill the law of highest excellence, according to the scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well.

General references

This is my commandment: That you love one another, as I have loved you.