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 have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;

And they took him and brought him to Mars hill, saying, May we know what this new doctrine is, of which thou speakest?

And now I beseech thee, Cyria, not as writing to thee a new commandment, but that which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.

But

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

And he said to him, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind."

Jesus answered, The first is, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord;

Owe no one anything but brotherly love; for he that loveth others hath fulfilled the Law.

For ye, brethren, were called to liberty; only use not your liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by your love serve one another.

If indeed ye fulfill the royal law, according to the scripture, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," ye do well.

General references

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