1 John 2:7

The Scriptures 1998

Beloved, I write no fresh command to you, but an old command which you have had from the beginning. The old command is the Word which you heard from the beginning.

Cross References

Leviticus 19:18

‘Do not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people. And you shall love your neighbour as yourself. I am יהוה.

Leviticus 19:34

‘Let the stranger who dwells among you be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself. For you were strangers in the land of Mitsrayim. I am יהוה  your Elohim.

Matthew 5:43

“You heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy.’

John 13:34

“A renewed command I give to you, that you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

Acts 17:19

So they laid hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “Are we able to know what this fresh teaching is of which you speak?

Deuteronomy 6:5

“And you shall love יהוה  your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your might.

Hebrews 6:9

But although we speak in this way, beloved, we are persuaded, concerning you, of better matters which possess deliverance.

1 John 2:24

As for you, let that stay in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning stays in you, you also shall stay in the Son and in the Father.

1 John 3:11

Because this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another,

1 John 3:2

Beloved ones, now we are children of Elohim. And it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

1 John 3:21

Beloved ones, if our heart does not condemn us, we have boldness toward Elohim.

1 John 3:23

And this is His command, that we should believe in the Name of His Son יהושע  Messiah and love one another, as He gave us command.

1 John 4:1

Beloved ones, do not believe every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of Elohim, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 John 4:11

Beloved ones, if Elohim so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

1 John 4:21

And we have this command from Him, that the one loving Elohim should love his brother too.

1 John 4:7

Beloved ones, let us love one another, because love is of Elohim, and everyone who loves has been born of Elohim, and knows Elohim.