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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    24And 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.

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    3Grace, mercy, peace shall be with us, from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

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

    5And 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.

    6And 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.

  • 1 John 3:22
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    22and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

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

  • 1 John 3:10-11
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    10In 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.

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

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

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    1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

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

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

  • 1 John 4:11-13
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    11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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

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

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

  • John 13:34-35
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    34A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

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

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

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

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    3that 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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    15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.

    16And 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.

    17Herein 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.

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

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

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

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

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    9Herein 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.

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

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    15that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.

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

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    21He 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.

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

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    8Again, 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.