Verse 21

And this commandment we have from Him: Whoever loves God must also love their brother or sister.

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  • 1 John 3:11 : 11 For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: that we should love one another.
  • Lev 19:18 : 18 Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
  • 1 Thess 4:9 : 9 Now concerning brotherly love, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.
  • Matt 22:37-39 : 37 Jesus replied, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
  • Mark 12:29-33 : 29 Jesus answered, 'The most important is: Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' 31 The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these. 32 Then the scribe said to him, 'Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, that God is one, and there is no other besides him. 33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.'
  • Luke 10:37 : 37 The expert in the law replied, 'The one who showed him mercy.' Then Jesus said to him, 'Go and do likewise.'
  • John 13:34-35 : 34 'I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another.' 35 'By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.'
  • John 15:12 : 12 This is my commandment: Love one another as I have loved you.
  • Rom 12:9-9 : 9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.
  • Rom 13:9-9 : 9 For the commandments, 'You shall not commit adultery,' 'You shall not murder,' 'You shall not steal,' 'You shall not bear false witness,' 'You shall not covet,' and any other commandment, are summed up in this statement: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore, love is the fulfillment of the law.
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight, but faith working through love does.
  • Gal 5:14 : 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in one statement: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
  • 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Finally, all of you be like-minded and sympathetic, love one another as brothers and sisters, be tenderhearted and humble.
  • 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
  • 1 John 3:14 : 14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death.
  • 1 John 3:18 : 18 Little children, let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth.
  • 1 John 3:23 : 23 Now this is His commandment: that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as He commanded us.
  • 1 John 4:11 : 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
  • Matt 5:43 : 43 You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'