Verse 21

And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 3:11 : 11 Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another;
  • Lev 19:18 : 18 Do not make attempts to get equal with one who has done you wrong, or keep hard feelings against the children of your people, but have love for your neighbour as for yourself: I am the Lord.
  • 1 Thess 4:9 : 9 But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;
  • Matt 22:37-39 : 37 And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the first and greatest rule. 39 And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
  • Mark 12:29-33 : 29 Jesus said in answer, The first is, Give ear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; 30 And you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. 31 The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these. 32 And the scribe said to him, Truly, Master, you have well said that he is one, and there is no other but he: 33 And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings.
  • Luke 10:37 : 37 And he said, The one who had mercy on him. And Jesus said, Go and do the same.
  • John 13:34-35 : 34 I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another. 35 By this it will be clear to all men that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.
  • John 15:12 : 12 This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.
  • Rom 12:9-9 : 9 Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good. 10 Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;
  • Rom 13:9-9 : 9 And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. 10 Love does no wrong to his neighbour, so love makes the law complete.
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.
  • Gal 5:14 : 14 For all the law is made complete in one word, even in this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
  • 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:
  • 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:
  • 1 John 3:14 : 14 We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.
  • 1 John 3:18 : 18 My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.
  • 1 John 3:23 : 23 And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us.
  • 1 John 4:11 : 11 My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.
  • Matt 5:43 : 43 You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you: