1 John 4:21

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Leviticus 19:18

You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

Matthew 5:43

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

Luke 10:37

The expert in religious law said, “The one who showed mercy to him.” So Jesus said to him, “Go and do the same.”

John 15:12

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

Galatians 5:14

For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely, “You must love your neighbor as yourself.”

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight – the only thing that matters is faith working through love.

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 Peter 3:8

Finally, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, affectionate, compassionate, and humble.

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 3:14

We know that we have crossed over from death to life because we love our fellow Christians. The one who does not love remains in death.

1 John 3:18

Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.

1 John 3:23

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.

1 John 4:11

Dear friends, if God so loved us, then we also ought to love one another.