1 John 2:7

The Text-Critical English New Testament

Brothers, I am not writing you a new commandment, but an old commandment, which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the message you have heard from the beginning.

Cross References

Matthew 5:43

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Yoʋ shall love yoʋr neighbor and hate yoʋr enemy.’

John 13:34

I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you must love one another.

Acts 17:19

So they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that yoʋ are presenting?

Hebrews 6:9

Even though we speak in this way, beloved, we are confident of better things in your case, things that pertain to salvation.

1 John 2:24

Therefore let what you have heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you have heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father.

1 John 3:11

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

1 John 3:2

Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when he appears, we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.

1 John 3:21

Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God

1 John 3:23

And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he commanded.

1 John 4:1

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 John 4:11

Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

1 John 4:21

And this is the commandment we have from him: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.

1 John 4:7

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