1 John 2:7

Good News Translation

My dear friends, this command I am writing you is not new; it is the old command, the one you have had from the very beginning. The old command is the message you have already heard.

Cross References

Leviticus 19:18

Do not take revenge on others or continue to hate them, but love your neighbors as you love yourself. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:34

Treat them as you would an Israelite, and love them as you love yourselves. Remember that you were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

Matthew 5:43

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your friends, hate your enemies.’

John 13:34

And now I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

Acts 17:19

So they took Paul, brought him before the city council, the Areopagus, and said, “We would like to know what this new teaching is that you are talking about.

Deuteronomy 6:5

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

Hebrews 6:9

But even if we speak like this, dear friends, we feel sure about you. We know that you have the better blessings that belong to your salvation.

1 John 2:24

Be sure, then, to keep in your hearts the message you heard from the beginning. If you keep that message, then you will always live in union with the Son and the Father.

1 John 3:11

The message you heard from the very beginning is this: we must love one another.

1 John 3:2

My dear friends, we are now God's children, but it is not yet clear what we shall become. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he really is.

1 John 3:21

And so, my dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have courage in God's presence.

1 John 3:23

What he commands is that we believe in his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as Christ commanded us.

1 John 4:1

My dear friends, do not believe all who claim to have the Spirit, but test them to find out if the spirit they have comes from God. For many false prophets have gone out everywhere.

1 John 4:11

Dear friends, if this is how God loved us, then we should love one another.

1 John 4:21

The command that Christ has given us is this: whoever loves God must love others also.

1 John 4:7

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Whoever loves is a child of God and knows God.