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 ye heard from the beginning, That we should love one another.

And they took him and brought him unto the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine is, of which thou speakest?

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

But

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the sons of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. I am the LORD.

And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might.

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind.

And Jesus responded unto him, The principal of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God, the Lord is one;

Owe no one anything, but love one unto another; for he that loves his neighbour has fulfilled the law.

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only do not use liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by charity serve one another.

If ye truly fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well;

General references

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