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 ye heard from the beginning, that we love one another.

And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine is, which is spoken by thee?

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

But

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

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

And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God is one Lord.

Owe no man any thing, but to love another; for he that loveth another, hath fulfilled the law.

Brethren, ye have been called to liberty: only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

If ye 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.