1 John 3:11 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹¹ [Now] this is the message that you people heard from the beginning [of Christ’s ministry], that we should love one another [See Mark 12:31],

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ For this is the message (the announcement) which you have heard from the first, that we should love one another,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:

Common English Bible

¹¹ This is the message that you heard from the beginning: love each other.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ For this is the announcement that you heard from the beginning: that you should love one another.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ For this is the declaration, which you have heard from the beginning, that you should love one another.

1 John 3:11 Cross References

John 13:4

So, He got up from the dinner table, laid aside His [outer] clothing and took a towel and wrapped it around Himself.

John 15:12

My commandment [to you] is this: You should love one another just as I have loved you.

Galatians 6:2

Take on yourselves the [spiritual] burdens of one another, for in doing so you will be fulfilling Christ’s law [of love, John 13:35].

Ephesians 5:2

Live in a loving way, just like Christ loved us and gave Himself up [to die] for us as an offering and fragrant smelling sacrifice to God.

1 Thessalonians 4:9

Now you people do not need anyone to write to you about loving [your] brothers, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.

1 Timothy 1:5

But the goal of this instruction is [to] love [God and people] from a pure heart, a good conscience and a sincere faith.

1 Peter 1:22

[Since] you have purified your souls by [your] obedience to the truth [i.e., the Gospel message], which produces a genuine love for your brothers, [now] you should have this kind of fervent, heartfelt love for one another.

1 Peter 3:8

Now to summarize: All of you should think alike. Be sympathetically understanding [toward one another]. Be loving toward [your] brothers [and sisters]. Be tender-hearted and humble-minded.

1 Peter 4:8

Above everything else, have a warm love for one another, for such a love keeps many sins from occurring [between you].

1 John 1:5

And this is the message we heard from Him, and [now want to] announce to you: God is light [i.e. righteousness] and in His [very nature] there is no trace of darkness [i.e., evil].

1 John 4:11

Loved ones, if God loved us that much, we should also love one another.

1 John 4:21

And this is the [greatest] commandment [See Matt. 2:37-38] we have received from Him: [It requires] that the person who [claims to] love God should also love his brother.

1 John 4:7

Loved ones, we should have love for one another, because love comes from [the very nature of] God, and every person who [continually] loves [others] has been [spiritually] conceived by God [See 2:29; 3:9], and knows [he is in fellowship with] God.

2 John 1:5

And now I ask you, lady [See verse 1], not as though writing a new commandment to you, but [I wanted to remind you of] one that we had [heard] from the beginning [of Christ’s ministry]: [It is] that we should love one another.