1 John 2:7

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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.

Cross References

Leviticus 19:18

Forget about the wrong things people do to you. Don’t try to get even. Love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

1 John 3:11

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

1 John 3:23

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

Deuteronomy 6:5

You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

Leviticus 19:34

You must treat them the same as you treat your own citizens. Love them as you love yourselves. Remember, you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God!

1 John 2:24

Be sure that you continue to follow the teaching you heard from the beginning. If you do that, you will always be in the Son and in the Father.

Matthew 5:43

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’

Acts 17:19

They took Paul to a meeting of the Areopagus council. They said, “Please explain to us this new idea that you have been teaching.

John 13:34

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

Hebrews 6:9

Dear friends, I am not saying this because I think it is happening to you. We really expect that you will do better—that you will do the good things that will result in your salvation.

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, now we are children of God. We have not yet been shown what we will be in the future. But we know that when Christ comes again, we will be like him. We will see him just as he is.

1 John 3:21

My dear friends, if we don’t feel that we are doing wrong, we can be without fear when we come to God.

1 John 4:1

My dear friends, many false prophets are in the world now. So don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are from God.

1 John 4:7

Dear friends, we should love each other, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has become God’s child. And so everyone who loves knows God.

1 John 4:11

That is how much God loved us, dear friends! So we also must love each other.

1 John 4:21

God gave us this command: If we love God, we must also love each other as brothers and sisters.