1 John 2:7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command  but an old command that you have had from the beginning. The old command is the word  you have heard.

Cross References

Leviticus 19:18

Do not take revenge  or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your neighbour as yourself;  I am the Lord.

1 John 3:11

For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another,

1 John 3:23

Now this is his command: that we believe in the name  of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another as he commanded us.

Deuteronomy 6:5

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

Leviticus 19:34

You will regard the foreigner who resides with you as the native-born among you. You are to love him as yourself,  for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt;  I am the Lord your God.

1 John 2:24

What you have heard from the beginning is to remain in you. If what you have heard from the beginning remains in you, then you will remain in the Son  and in the Father.

Matthew 5:43

‘You have heard that it was said, Love your neighbour   , and hate your enemy.

Acts 17:19

They took him and brought him to the Areopagus,  and said, ‘May we learn about this new teaching you are presenting?

John 13:34

‘I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another.

Hebrews 6:9

Even though we are speaking this way, dearly loved friends, in your case we are confident of things that are better and that pertain to salvation.

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed.  We know that when he appears,  we will be like him  because we will see him as he is.

1 John 3:21

Dear friends, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have confidence before God

1 John 4:1

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits  to see if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 John 4:7

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God  and knows God.

1 John 4:11

Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.

1 John 4:21

And we have this command from him: The one who loves God must also love his brother and sister.