'Commandment' in the Bible

And He answered and said to them, “Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”

This is the great and foremost commandment.

Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men.”

He was also saying to them, “You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition.

But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

One of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, “What commandment is the foremost of all?”

The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes.And on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father.”

For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak.

I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”

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

but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let us go from here.

“This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.

But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind; for apart from the Law sin is dead.

I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died;

and this commandment, which was to result in life, proved to result in death for me;

for sin, taking an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.

So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

Therefore did that which is good become a cause of death for me? May it never be! Rather it was sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin by effecting my death through that which is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.

For this, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

but now is manifested, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, has been made known to all the nations, leading to obedience of faith;

If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize that the things which I write to you are the Lord’s commandment.

Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise),

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and of Christ Jesus, who is our hope,

that you keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

but at the proper time manifested, even His word, in the proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,

And those indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest’s office have commandment in the Law to collect a tenth from the people, that is, from their brethren, although these are descended from Abraham.

For, on the one hand, there is a setting aside of a former commandment because of its weakness and uselessness

For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the Law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them.

that you should remember the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles.

Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.

On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true Light is already shining.

This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.

And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.

I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received commandment to do from the Father.

Now I ask you, lady, not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.

And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.