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

And there came a cloud overshadowing them; and there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, "This is My Son, the Beloved; hear ye Him."

Jesus answered, and said to them, "This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him Whom He sent."

"Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in Me.

And this is the eternal life, that they know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ Whom Thou didst send.

And they said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved, and your house."

Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief;

Love

because this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;

Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

And this commandment we have from Him, that he who loves God loves his brother also.

A second like it is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; even as I loved you, that ye love one another.

This is My commandment, that ye love one another, even as I loved you.

and walk in love, as Christ also loved you, and delivered Himself up for you, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet smell.

But concerning brotherly love, ye have no need that one write to you; for ye yourselves are taught by God to love one another;

Having purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned brotherly love, love one another from the heart earnestly;

above all things, having fervent love among yourselves, because love covers a multitude of sins;

General references

But He said, "Yea, rather, happy are those who hear the word of God, and keep it!"

This is My commandment, that ye love one another, even as I 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 children of God, when we love God, and do His commandments.