1 John 2:7

Legacy Standard Bible

Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.

Cross References

Leviticus 19:18

You shall not take vengeance, and you shall not keep your anger against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am Yahweh.

Leviticus 19:34

The sojourner who sojourns with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.

Matthew 5:43

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

John 13:34

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

Acts 17:19

And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is which you are speaking?

Deuteronomy 6:5

You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Hebrews 6:9

But we are convinced about you, beloved, of things that are better and that belong to salvation, though we are speaking in this way.

1 John 2:24

As for you, let that which you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

1 John 3:11

For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;

1 John 3:2

Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not been manifested as yet what we will be. We know that when He is manifested, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.

1 John 3:21

Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;

1 John 3:23

And this is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He gave a commandment to us.

1 John 4:1

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

1 John 4:11

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

1 John 4:21

And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.

1 John 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.