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

because this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;

And, laying hold of him, they led him upon Mars Hill, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is, that is being spoken by you!

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

But

"Ye 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 with all your soul, and with all your mind.

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

Owe no one anything, but to love one another; for he that loves another has fulfilled the law.

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

If, however, ye fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," ye do well;

General references

This is My commandment, that ye love one another, even as I loved you.