1 John 3:23

American Standard Version (1901)

And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he gave us commandment.

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  • John 13:34 : 34 A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
  • John 15:12 : 12 This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:
  • 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
  • 1 John 3:11 : 11 For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:
  • John 6:29 : 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
  • 1 John 4:21 : 21 And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.
  • 1 John 2:8-9 : 8 Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth. 9 He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now. 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.
  • 1 Thess 4:9 : 9 But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;
  • Mark 9:7 : 7 And there came a cloud overshadowing them: and there came a voice out of the cloud, This is my beloved Son: hear ye him.
  • Matt 22:39 : 39 And a second like [unto it] is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
  • Deut 18:15-19 : 15 Jehovah thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; 16 according to all that thou desiredst of Jehovah thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. 17 And Jehovah said unto me, They have well said that which they have spoken. 18 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
  • John 17:3 : 3 And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, [even] Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 16:31 : 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.
  • John 14:1 : 1 Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me.
  • Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.

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  • 24 And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

  • 2 John 1:3-6
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    3 Grace, mercy, peace shall be with us, from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

    4 I rejoice greatly that I have found [certain] of thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.

    5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote to thee a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

    6 And this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.

  • 22 and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

  • 12 This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

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    10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

    11 For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:

  • 21 And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

  • 1 John 5:1-3
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    1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

    2 Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.

    3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

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    11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

    12 No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

    13 hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

  • 3 And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

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    34 A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

    35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

  • 17 These things I command you, that ye may love one another.

  • 16 Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

  • 3 that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:

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    15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.

    16 And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

    17 Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.

  • 1 John 2:5-6
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    5 but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:

    6 he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.

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    18 [ My] Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

    19 Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him:

  • 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.

  • John 15:9-10
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    9 Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love.

    10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

  • 9 Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.

  • 12 and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also [do] toward you;

  • 15 If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

  • 9 Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son.

  • 1 Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and [such] we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

  • John 3:15-16
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    15 that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.

    16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

  • 19 We love, because he first loved us.

  • 13 These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, [even] unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.

  • 2 For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

  • 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

  • 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

  • 11 And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

  • 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

  • 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.

  • 25 And this is the promise which he promised us, [even] the life eternal.

  • 7 but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

  • 8 Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth.