1 John 2:7

New International Reader's Version

Dear friends, I’m not writing you a new command. Instead, I’m writing one you have heard before. You have had it since the beginning.

Cross References

Leviticus 19:18

“ ‘Do not try to get even. Do not hold anything against any of your people. Instead, love your neighbor as you love yourself. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:34

Treat them as if they were one of your own people. Love them as you love yourself. Remember that all of you were outsiders in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

Matthew 5:43

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor. (Leviticus 19:18) Hate your enemy.’

John 13:34

“I give you a new command. Love one another. You must love one another, just as I have loved you.

Acts 17:19

They took him to a meeting of the Areopagus. There they said to him, “What is this new teaching you’re giving us?

Deuteronomy 6:5

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

Hebrews 6:9

Dear friends, we have to say these things. But we are sure of better things in your case. We are talking about the things that have to do with being saved.

1 John 2:24

Make sure that you don’t forget what you have heard from the beginning. Then you will remain joined to the Son and to the Father.

1 John 3:11

From the beginning we have heard that we should love one another.

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, now we are children of God. He still hasn’t let us know what we will be. But we know that when Christ appears, we will be like him. That’s because we will see him as he really is.

1 John 3:21

Dear friends, if our hearts do not judge us, we can be bold with God.

1 John 3:23

God has commanded us to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ. He has also commanded us to love one another.

1 John 4:1

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit. Test the spirits to see if they belong to God. Many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 John 4:11

Dear friends, since God loved us this much, we should also love one another.

1 John 4:21

Here is the command God has given us. Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.

1 John 4:7

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has become a child of God and knows God.