1 John 2:7

New Century Version

My dear friends, I am not writing a new command to you but an old command you have had from the beginning. It is the teaching you have already heard.

Cross References

Leviticus 19:18

Forget about the wrong things people do to you, and do not try to get even. Love your neighbor as you love yourself. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:34

but treat them just as you treat your own citizens. Love foreigners as you love yourselves, because you were foreigners one time in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

Matthew 5:43

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

John 13:34

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

Acts 17:19

They got Paul and took him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said, “Please explain to us this new idea you have been teaching.

Deuteronomy 6:5

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

Hebrews 6:9

Dear friends, we are saying this to you, but we really expect better things from you that will lead to your salvation.

1 John 2:24

Be sure you continue to follow the teaching you heard from the beginning. If you continue to follow what you heard from the beginning, you will stay in the Son and in the Father.

1 John 3:11

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

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, now we are children of God, and 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, because we will see him as he really is.

1 John 3:21

My dear friends, if our hearts do not make us feel guilty, we can come without fear into God’s presence.

1 John 3:23

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

1 John 4:1

My dear friends, many false prophets have gone out into the world. So do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are from God.

1 John 4:11

Dear friends, if God loved us that much we also should love each other.

1 John 4:21

And God gave us this command: Those who love God must also love their brothers and sisters.

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 knows God.