1 John 2:7

Weymouth NT

My dearly-loved friends, it is no new command that I am now giving you, but an old command which you have had from the very beginning. By the old command I mean the teaching which you have already received.

Cross References

Matthew 5:43

»You have heard that it was said, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy.'«

John 13:34

A new commandment I give you, to love one another; that as I have loved you, you also may love one another.

Acts 17:19

Then they took him and brought him up to the Areopagus, asking him, »May we be told what this new teaching of yours is?

Hebrews 6:9

But we, even while we speak in this tone, have a happier conviction concerning you, my dearly-loved friends–a conviction of things which point towards salvation.

1 John 2:24

As for you, let the teaching which you have received from the very beginning continue in your hearts. If that teaching does continue in your hearts, you also will continue to be in union with the Son and with the Father.

1 John 3:11

For this is the Message you have heard from the beginning–that we are to love one another.

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, we are now God's children, but what we are to be in the future has not yet been fully revealed. We know that if Christ reappears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.

1 John 3:21

Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have perfect confidence towards God;

1 John 3:23

And this is His command–that we are to believe in His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as He has commanded us to do.

1 John 4:1

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but put the spirits to the test to see whether they are from God; for many false teachers have gone out into the world.

1 John 4:11

Dear friends, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

1 John 4:21

And the command which we have from Him is that he who loves God must love his brother man also.

1 John 4:7

Dear friends, let us love one another; for love has its origin in God, and every one who loves has become a child of God and is beginning to know God.