1 John 2:7

Tree of Life Version

Loved ones, I am not writing a new commandment for you, but an old commandment—one you had from the beginning. This old commandment is the word you have heard.

Cross References

Leviticus 19:18

You are not to take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am Adonai.

Leviticus 19:34

The outsider dwelling among you should be to you as the native-born among you. You should love him as yourself—for you dwelled as outsiders in the land of Egypt. I am Adonai your God.

Matthew 5:43

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

John 13:34

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

Acts 17:19

So they took Paul to the Aereopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are talking about?

Deuteronomy 6:5

Love Adonai your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

Hebrews 6:9

But even though we speak like this, loved ones, concerning you we are convinced of better things—things coming with salvation.

1 John 2:24

As for you, let what you heard from the beginning remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will continue to live in the Son and in the Father.

1 John 3:11

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

1 John 3:2

Loved ones, now we are God’s children; and it has not yet been revealed what we will be. But we do know that when it’s revealed, we shall be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.

1 John 3:21

Loved ones, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;

1 John 3:23

Now this is His commandment—that we should believe in the name of His Son, Yeshua the Messiah, and love one another, just as He commanded us.

1 John 4:1

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

1 John 4:11

Loved ones, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

1 John 4:21

And this commandment we have from Him: that the one who loves God should also love his brother.

1 John 4:7

Loved ones, let us love one another, for love is from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.