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 which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another,

And they took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is which you present?

And now I ask you, lady, not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have 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 all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

Jesus answered, "The first is: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

If you really fulfill the royal law, according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.

General references

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