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

The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken,

Kiss the Son lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way when his wrath is kindled in a little while. Blessed are all those that put their trust in him.

And a cloud came that overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son; hear ye him.

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

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

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

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

This is a faithful saying and worthy of acceptation by all, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am first.

Love

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

Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which is the truth in him and in you, because the darkness is past, and the true light now shines.

And we have this commandment from him, That he who loves God loves his brother also.

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another as I have loved you.

and walk in charity even as the Christ also has loved us and has given himself for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour.

But as touching love among the brethren, ye need not that I write unto you, for ye yourselves have learned of God that ye are to show charity to one another.

Having purified your souls in the obedience of the truth, by the Spirit, in unfeigned brotherly love, love one another with a pure heart fervently,

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves; for charity shall cover a multitude of sins.

General references

Keep, therefore, all my statutes and all my rights and do them. I am the LORD.

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

But he said, Rather, blessed are those that hear the word of God and keep it.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another as I have loved you.

Let brotherly love continue.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

In this we know that we love the sons of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.