1 John 4:21

The Passion Translation

For he has given us this command: whoever loves God must also demonstrate love to others.

Cross References

Matthew 5:43

“Your ancestors have also been taught ‘Love your neighbors and hate the one who hates you.’

Luke 10:37

The religious scholar responded, “The one who demonstrated kindness and mercy.” Jesus said, “Go and do the same as he.”

John 15:12

“So this is my command: Love each other deeply, as much as I have loved you.

Galatians 5:14

For all the law can be summarized in one grand statement: “Demonstrate love to your neighbor, even as you care for and love yourself.”

Galatians 5:6

When you’re joined to the Anointed One, circumcision and religious obligations can benefit you nothing. All that matters now is living in the faith that works and expresses itself through love.

1 Thessalonians 4:9

There’s no need for anyone to say much to you about loving your fellow believers, for God is continually teaching you to unselfishly love one another.

1 Peter 3:8

Now, this is the goal: to live in harmony with one another and demonstrate affectionate love, sympathy, and kindness toward other believers. Let humility describe who you are as you dearly love one another.

1 Peter 4:8

Above all, constantly echo God’s intense love for one another, for love will be a canopy over a multitude of sins.

1 John 2:7

Beloved, I’m not writing a new commandment to you, but an old one that you had from the beginning, and you’ve already heard it.

1 John 3:11

The beautiful message you’ve heard right from the start is that we should walk in self-sacrificing love toward one another.

1 John 3:14

Yet we can be assured that we have been translated from spiritual death into spiritual life because we love the family of believers. A loveless life remains spiritually dead.

1 John 3:18

Beloved children, our love can’t be an abstract theory we only talk about, but a way of life demonstrated through our loving deeds.

1 John 3:23

So these are his commands: that we continually place our trust in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and that we keep loving one another, just as he has commanded us.

1 John 4:11

Delightfully loved ones, if he loved us with such tremendous love, then “loving one another” should be our way of life!