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 tidings, that ye heard at the beginning, that we should love one another:

And they took him, and brought him into Mars Street, saying, "May we not know what is this new doctrine whereof thou speakest?

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

But

Thou shalt not avenge thyself nor bear hate in thy mind against the children of thy people, but shalt love thy neighbour even as thyself. I am the LORD.

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

"Ye have heard how it is said, 'Thou shalt love thine neighbor, and hate thine enemy.'

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

Jesus answered him, "The first of all the commandments is, 'Hear, Israel, the Lord God is One Lord.

Owe nothing to any man: but to love one another. For he that loveth another, fulfilleth the law.

Brethren, ye were called into liberty, only let not your liberty be an occasion unto the flesh but in love serve one another.

If ye fulfil the royal law - according to the scripture which saith, "Thou shalt love thine neighbour as thyself" - ye do well.

General references

This is my commandment: that ye love together as I have loved you.