1 John 3:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

His commandment

Love

General references

1 John 5:2

Bible References

His commandment

LORD thy God will raise up for thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brothers, like me. Ye shall hearken to him

Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.

And a cloud developed overshadowing them. And a voice came out of the cloud, This is my beloved Son. Hear ye him.

Jesus answered, and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe in that man whom he has sent.

Let not your heart be troubled. Ye believe in God, believe also in me.

And this is eternal life, that they should know thee the only TRUE God, and Jesus Christ whom thou sent.

And they said, Believe in the Lord Jesus, and thou will be saved, thou and thy household.

Faithful is the saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinful men, of whom I am foremost.

Love

Because this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love each other.

Again, a new commandment I write to you, which is TRUE in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the TRUE light now shines.

And we have this commandment from him, so that he who loves God will also love his brother.

And the second is like it, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.

A new commandment I give to you, that ye should love each other, just as I loved you, so that ye also should love each other.

This is my commandment, that ye love each other, just as I have loved you.

And walk in love, as also the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a fragrant aroma.

But about brotherly love ye have no need to write to you, for ye yourselves are taught by God in order to love each other.

Men who have purified your souls in obedience of the truth through the Spirit for non-hypocritical brotherly love. Ye should love each other fervently from a pure heart,

And above all having fervent love for yourselves, because love will cover a multitude of sins,

General references

And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them. I am LORD.

See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil,

But he said, Blessed rather, are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.

This is my commandment, that ye love each other, just as I have loved you.

Let brotherly love abide.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also are obligated to love each other.

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.