1 John 2:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

My dear friends, I am not writing to give you a new commandment. It is the same one that you were first given, and it is the message you heard.

Cross References

Leviticus 19:18

Stop being angry and don't try to take revenge. I am the LORD, and I command you to love others as much as you love yourself.

Leviticus 19:34

Instead, treat them as well as you treat citizens and love them as much as you love yourself. Remember, you were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

Matthew 5:43

You have heard people say, “Love your neighbours and hate your enemies.”

John 13:34

But I am giving you a new command. You must love each other, just as I have loved you.

Acts 17:19

They brought Paul before a council called the Areopagus, and said, “Tell us what your new teaching is all about.

Deuteronomy 6:5

So love the LORD your God with all your heart, soul, and strength.

Hebrews 6:9

My friends, we are talking this way. But we are sure that you are doing those really good things that people do when they are being saved.

1 John 2:24

Keep thinking about the message you first heard, and you will always be one in your heart with the Son and with the Father.

1 John 3:11

From the beginning you were told that we must love each other.

1 John 3:2

My dear friends, we are already God's children, though what we will be hasn't yet been seen. But we do know that when Christ returns, we will be like him, because we will see him as he truly is.

1 John 3:21

Dear friends, if we feel at ease in the presence of God, we will have the courage to come near him.

1 John 3:23

God wants us to have faith in his Son Jesus Christ and to love each other. This is also what Jesus taught us to do.

1 John 4:1

Dear friends, don't believe everyone who claims to have the Spirit of God. Test them all to find out if they really do come from God. Many false prophets have already gone out into the world,

1 John 4:11

Dear friends, since God loved us this much, we must love each other.

1 John 4:21

The commandment that God has given us is: “Love God and love each other!”

1 John 4:7

My dear friends, we must love each other. Love comes from God, and when we love each other, it shows that we have been given new life. We are now God's children, and we know him.