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;

They took hold of him, and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by you?

Now I beg you, dear lady, not as though I wrote to you a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

But

"'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

and you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.

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

Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

Jesus answered, "The greatest is, 'Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one:

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

However, if you fulfill 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, even as I have loved you.