1 John 3:23

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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

then a cloud surrounded them, and a voice from the cloud, said, "this is my beloved son, hear him."

Jesus answered them, the work which God requires is to believe on him whom he hath sent.

Let not your heart be troubled: you trust in God, trust also in me.

and this is life eternal, to acknowledge thee to be the only true God, and Jesus to be the Messiah whom thou hast sent.

believe, said they, on the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved, you, and your family.

it is a proposition worthy to be believ'd, and be embrac'd by all, that Jesus Christ is come into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the greatest.

Love

for this is the doctrine that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

however, it is really, in effect, a new commandment I write unto you, with respect to you: because the darkness is past, and things now appear in their true light.

besides, 'tis a commandment we have receiv'd from him, that he who would love God, must love his brother also.

and the second has an affinity with it, "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self."

a new commandment I give unto you, "that ye love one another; that you would have the same love for one another as I have had for you."

this is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.

for Christ loved us, and for us gave himself an offering and a sacrifice acceptable to God.

As to brotherly love, I have no occasion to write about it, God himself having instructed you to love one another.

You that have purified your souls by the holy spirit, in obeying the gospel, which obliges you to an undisguised benevolence, let your hearts be mutually affected with the most disinterested ardour;

but above all, let your mutual benevolence be intense, for benevolence cancels a multitude of offences.

General references

but rather, said he, happy are they who hear the word of God, and put it in practice.

this is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.

Let brotherly love still reign.

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

by this we may know that we love the children of God, if we love God, and keep his commandments.