1 John 3:11

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Summary

1 John 3:11

For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

This

1 John 1:5

1 John 2:7

That we

General references

John 13:35

1 John 4:21

Bible References

This

And this is the message that we have heard from Him and now announce to you: God is light, and there is no darkness at all in Him.

Dearly beloved, I am not writing you a new command, but an old one that you have had from the beginning. That old command is the message that you have heard.

That we

Dearly beloved, let us practice loving one another, because love originates with God, and everyone who practices loving is a child of God and knows God by experience.

I give you a new command, to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you too must love one another.

This is my command to you, to keep on loving one another as I have loved you.

Practice bearing one another's burdens, and in this way carry out the law of Christ.

and practice living in love, just as Christ loved you too and gave Himself for you as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Now as to brotherly love, you have no need of anyone's writing you, for you have yourselves been taught by God to love one another,

Since you have purified your souls by obeying the truth, in sincere love for the brotherhood you must love one another heartily and fervently,

Finally, you must all live in harmony, be sympathetic, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, humble,

Above everything else keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers up a multitude of sins.

And now I beg you, my lady, not as though I were writing you a new command, but one which we had from the beginning, that we continue to love one another.

General references

By this everybody will know that you are my disciples, if you keep on showing love for one another."

This is the command that we get from Him, that whoever loves God loves his brother too.