1 John 2:7

New American Bible - revised edition

Beloved, I am writing no new commandment to you but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard.

Cross References

Leviticus 19:18

Take no revenge and cherish no grudge against your own people. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:34

You shall treat the alien who resides with you no differently than the natives born among you; you shall love the alien as yourself; for you too were once aliens in the land of Egypt. I, the Lord, am your God.

Matthew 5:43

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

John 13:34

I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.

Acts 17:19

They took him and led him to the Areopagus and said, “May we learn what this new teaching is that you speak of?

Deuteronomy 6:5

Therefore, you shall love the Lord, your God, with your whole heart, and with your whole being, and with your whole strength.

Hebrews 6:9

But we are sure in your regard, beloved, of better things related to salvation, even though we speak in this way.

1 John 2:24

Let what you heard from the beginning remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, then you will remain in the Son and in the Father.

1 John 3:11

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

1 John 3:2

Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

1 John 3:21

Beloved, if [our] hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence in God

1 John 3:23

And his commandment is this: we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another just as he commanded us.

1 John 4:1

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

1 John 4:11

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

1 John 4:21

This is the commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.

1 John 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.