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 that ye did hear from the beginning, that we may love one another,

having also taken him, unto the Areopagus they brought him, saying, 'Are we able to know what is this new teaching that is spoken by thee,

and now I beseech thee, Kyria, not as writing to thee a new command, but which we had from the beginning, that we may love one another,

But

Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I am Jehovah.

and thou hast loved Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might,

'Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and shalt hate thine enemy;

And Jesus said to him, 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding --

and Jesus answered him -- 'The first of all the commands is, Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one;

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other -- law he hath fulfilled,

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

If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,' -- ye do well;

General references

'This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;