Beloved,I am not writinga newcommandmentto you, but an oldcommandmentwhichyou have hadfrom the beginning;the oldcommandmentis the wordwhichyou have heard.
You shall not takevengeance,norbearany grudgeagainstthe sonsof your people,but you shall loveyour neighboras yourself; I am the LORD.
The strangerwho resideswith you shall be to you as the nativeamongyou, and you shall lovehim as yourself, for you were aliensin the landof Egypt;I am the LORDyour God.
"You have heardthat it was said,YOU SHALL LOVEYOUR NEIGHBORand hateyour enemy.'
"A newcommandmentI giveto you, that you loveoneanother,evenas I have lovedyou, that you alsoloveone another.
And they tookhim and broughthim to the Areopagus,saying,"Maywe knowwhatthisnewteachingis which you are proclaiming?
"You shall lovethe LORDyour Godwith allyour heartand with allyour souland with allyour might.
But, beloved,we are convincedof better thingsconcerningyou, and things that accompanysalvation,thoughwe are speakingin this way.
As for you, let that abidein you whichyou heardfrom the beginning.Ifwhatyou heardfrom the beginningabidesin you, you alsowill abidein the Sonand in the Father.
For thisis the messagewhichyou have heardfrom the beginning,that we should loveone another;
Beloved,nowwe are childrenof God,and it has not appearedas yetwhatwe will be. We knowthat whenHe appears,we will be likeHim, becausewe will seeHim justas He is.
Beloved,ifour heartdoes not condemnus, we haveconfidencebeforeGod;
Thisis His commandment,that we believein the nameof His SonJesusChrist,and loveone another,justas He commandedus.
Beloved,do not believeeveryspirit,but testthe spiritsto see whetherthey are from God,becausemanyfalse prophetshave goneout into the world.
Beloved,ifGodsolovedus, we alsooughtto loveone another.
And thiscommandmentwe havefrom Him, that the one who lovesGodshould lovehis brotheralso.
Beloved,let us loveone another,for loveis from God;and everyonewho lovesis bornof Godand knowsGod.
