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 the message you have heard from the beginning is this: We must love one another.

So they took him and brought him to the council of the Areopagus and said, "May we know just what this new teaching of yours is?

And now I beg you, my lady??ot as though I were writing you any new command, but one which we have had from the beginning??et us love one another.

But

"You have heard that they were told, 'You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

And he said to him, " 'You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, and your whole mind.'

Jesus answered, "The first one is, 'Hear, Israel! The Lord our God is one lord,

Owe nobody anything??xcept the duty of mutual love, for whoever loves his fellow-men has fully satisfied the Law.

For you, brothers, have been called to freedom; only do not make your freedom an excuse for the physical, but in love be slaves to one another.

If you really obey the supreme law where the Scripture says, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself," you are doing right,

General references

The command that I give you is to love one another just as I have loved you.