1 John 2:7

A Conservative Version

Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment that ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that ye heard from the beginning.

Cross References

Leviticus 19:18

Thou shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of thy people, but thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. I am LORD.

1 John 3:11

Because this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love each other.

1 John 3:23

And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love each other, just as he gave command.

Deuteronomy 6:5

And thou shall love LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

Leviticus 19:34

The stranger that sojourns with you shall be to you as the home-born among you, and thou shall love him as thyself, for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt. I am LORD your God.

1 John 2:24

Therefore ye, let what ye heard from the beginning abide in you. If what ye heard from the beginning abides in you, ye also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

Matthew 5:43

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.

Acts 17:19

And having taken him, they brought him to the Areopagus, saying, Can we understand what this new doctrine is, being spoken by thee?

John 13:34

A new commandment I give to you, that ye should love each other, just as I loved you, so that ye also should love each other.

Hebrews 6:9

But we are persuaded better things about you, beloved, and things that have salvation, even though we speak this way.

1 John 3:2

Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet made known what we will be. But we know that whenever he is made known we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.

1 John 3:21

Beloved, if our heart should not condemn us, we have confidence toward God,

1 John 4:1

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but examine the spirits, whether they are of God, because many FALSE prophets have gone out into the world.

1 John 4:7

Beloved, we should love each other. Because love is of God, and every man who loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.

1 John 4:11

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also are obligated to love each other.

1 John 4:21

And we have this commandment from him, so that he who loves God will also love his brother.