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 laying hold of him they brought him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching is which is taught by you?

And now I beseech you, Curia, not as if writing a new commandment to you, but [one] which we had from the beginning, that we should love one another.

But

You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.

And he said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and all your soul, and all your mind.

Jesus answered, First is, Hear Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord;

Owe no man any thing, except to love one another; for he that loves another has fully performed the law.

For you are called to liberty, brothers, only make not your liberty an occasion for the flesh, but by love serve one another.

If you keep indeed the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well;

General references

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