1 John 3:23

Easy To Read Version

This is what God commands: that we believe in his Son Jesus Christ and that we love each other. This is what he commanded.

Cross References

Psalm 2:12

Show that you are loyal to God’s son. {\cf2\super [6]} \par If you don’t do this,\par he will become angry and destroy you.\par

Matthew 22:39

And the second command is like the first: ‘You must love other people the same as you love yourself.’ {\cf2\super [319]}

Mark 9:7

Then a cloud came and covered them. A voice came from the cloud and said, “This (Jesus) is my Son and I love him. Obey him!”

John 1:12

Some people did accept him. They believed in him. He gave something to those people who believed. He gave them the right to become children of God.

John 13:34

“I give you a new command: Love each other. You must love each other like I loved you.

John 14:1

Jesus said, “Don’t be troubled. Trust in God. And trust in me.

John 15:12

This is what I command you: Love each other like I have loved you.

John 17:3

And this is eternal life: that people can know you, the only true God, and that people can know Jesus Christ, the One you sent.

John 2:23

Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover {\cf2\super [43]} festival. Many people believed in Jesus because they saw the miracles {\cf2\super [44]} he did.

John 3:18

The person that believes in God’s Son is not judged (condemned). But the person that does not believe is already judged. Why? Because that person has not believed in God’s only Son.

John 6:29

Jesus answered, “The work God wants you to do is this: to believe in the One that God sent.”

Acts 16:31

They said to him, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved—you and all these people from your house.”

Ephesians 5:2

Live a life of love. Love other people the same as Christ loved us. Christ gave himself for us—he was a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice {\cf2\super [37]} to God.

1 Thessalonians 4:9

We don’t need to write to you about having love for your brothers and sisters in Christ. God has already taught you to love each other.

1 Timothy 1:15

What I say is true, and you should fully accept it: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the worst of those sinners.

1 Peter 1:22

Now you have made yourselves pure by obeying the truth. Now you can have true love for your brothers and sisters. So love each other deeply—with all your heart.

1 Peter 4:8

Most important, love each other deeply. Love hides many, many sins.

1 John 2:7

My dear friends, I am not writing a new command to you. It is the same command you have had since the beginning. This command is the teaching you have already heard.

1 John 3:11

This is the teaching you have heard from the beginning: We must love each other.

1 John 4:15

If a person says, “I believe that Jesus is the Son of God,” then God lives in that person. And that person lives in God.

1 John 4:21

And he (God) gave us this command: The person who loves God must also love his brothers and sisters \{in Christ\}.

1 John 5:13

The children of your sister {\cf2\super [5]} who was chosen by God send you their love.