1 John 3:23

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Psalm 2:12

Give sincere homage! Otherwise he will be angry, and you will die because of your behavior, when his anger quickly ignites. How blessed are all who take shelter in him!

Matthew 22:39

The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

Mark 9:7

Then a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came from the cloud, “This is my one dear Son. Listen to him!”

John 1:12

But to all who have received him – those who believe in his name – he has given the right to become God’s children

John 13:34

“I give you a new commandment – to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

John 14:1

“Do not let your hearts be distressed. You believe in God; believe also in me.

John 15:12

My commandment is this – to love one another just as I have loved you.

John 17:3

Now this is eternal life – that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

John 2:23

Now while Jesus was in Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover, many people believed in his name because they saw the miraculous signs he was doing.

John 3:18

The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

John 6:29

Jesus replied, “This is the deed God requires – to believe in the one whom he sent.”

Acts 16:31

They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”

Ephesians 5:2

and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

1 Thessalonians 4:9

Now on the topic of brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

1 Timothy 1:15

This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” – and I am the worst of them!

1 Peter 1:22

You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

1 Peter 4:8

Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.

1 John 2:7

Dear friends, 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 that you have already heard.

1 John 3:11

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

1 John 4:15

If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides in him and he in God.

1 John 4:21

And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too.

1 John 5:13

I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.