1 John 2:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

My loved ones, I do not give you a new law, but an old law which you had from the first; this old law is the word which came to your ears.

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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;
  • 2 John 1:5-6 : 5 And now, my sister, I make a request to you, not sending you a new law, but the law which we had from the first, that we have love for one another. 6 And love is the keeping of his laws. This is the law which was given to you from the first, so that you might keep it.
  • 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.
  • Rom 13:8-9 : 8 Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law. 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 5:13-14 : 13 Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another. 14 For all the law is made complete in one word, even in this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
  • Matt 22:37-40 : 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. 40 On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based.
  • Mark 12:29-34 : 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. 34 And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.
  • Acts 17:19 : 19 And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours?
  • 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.
  • Jas 2:8-9 : 8 But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well: 9 But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law. 10 For anyone who keeps all the law, but makes a slip in one point, is judged to have gone against it all. 11 For he who said, Do not be untrue in married life, is the same who said, Put no man to death. Now if you are not untrue in married life, but you put a man to death, the law is broken. 12 Let your words and your acts be those of men who are to be judged by the law which makes free.
  • 1 John 2:24 : 24 But as for you, keep in your hearts the things which were made clear to you from the first. If you keep these things in your hearts you will be kept in the Father and the Son.
  • Lev 19:34 : 34 Let him be to you as one of your countrymen and have love for him as for yourself; for you were living in a strange land, in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
  • Deut 6:5 : 5 And the Lord your God is to be loved with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
  • Matt 5:43 : 43 You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you:

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  • 2 John 1:1-7
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    1I, a ruler in the church, send word to the noble sister who is of God's selection, and to her children, for whom I have true love; and not only I, but all who have knowledge of what is true;

    2Because of this true knowledge which is in us, and will be with us for ever:

    3May grace, mercy, and peace be with us from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in all true love.

    4It gave me great joy to see some of your children walking in the true way, even as we were ordered to do by the Father.

    5And now, my sister, I make a request to you, not sending you a new law, but the law which we had from the first, that we have love for one another.

    6And love is the keeping of his laws. This is the law which was given to you from the first, so that you might keep it.

    7Because a number of false teachers have gone out into the world, who do not give witness that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. Such a one is a false teacher and Antichrist.

  • 1 John 2:8-10
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    8Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out.

    9He who says that he is in the light, and has hate in his heart for his brother, is still in the dark.

    10He who has love for his brother is in the light, and there is no cause of error in him.

  • 1 John 2:24-28
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    24But as for you, keep in your hearts the things which were made clear to you from the first. If you keep these things in your hearts you will be kept in the Father and the Son.

    25And this is the hope which he gave you, even eternal life.

    26I am writing these things to you about those whose purpose is that you may be turned out of the true way.

    27As for you, the Spirit which he gave you is still in you, and you have no need of any teacher; but as his Spirit gives you teaching about all things, and is true and not false, so keep your hearts in him, through the teaching which he has given you.

    28And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.

  • 1 John 3:11
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    11Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another;

  • 1 John 2:13-15
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    13I am writing to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the Evil One. I have sent a letter to you, children, because you have knowledge of the Father.

    14I have sent a letter to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I have sent a letter to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is in you, and because you have overcome the Evil One.

    15Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  • 1 John 2:5-6
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    5But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:

    6He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did.

  • 1 John 1:1-7
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    1That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life

    2(And the life was made clear to us, and we have seen it and are witnessing to it and giving you word of that eternal life which was with the Father and was seen by us);

    3We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:

    4And we are writing these things to you so that our joy may be made complete.

    5This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

    6If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue:

    7But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.

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    34I 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.

  • 1 John 3:23-24
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    23And 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.

    24He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.

  • 1 John 2:20-21
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    20And you have the Spirit from the Holy One and you all have knowledge.

    21I have not sent you this letter because you have no knowledge of what is true, but because you have knowledge, and because that which is false has nothing in common with that which is true.

  • John 15:17
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    17So this is my law for you: Have love one for another.

  • Jude 1:17
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    17But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • John 15:12
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    12This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9Anyone who goes on and does not keep to the teaching of Christ, has not God: he who keeps to the teaching has the Father and the Son.

  • John 15:27
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    27And you, in addition, will give witness because you have been with me from the first.

  • John 1:2
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    2This Word was from the first in relation with God.

  • 1 Thess 4:2
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    2Because you have in mind the orders we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

  • 1 John 2:1
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    1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one:

  • 1 John 2:3
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    3And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.

  • John 15:9-10
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    9Even as the Father has given me his love, so I have given my love to you: be ever in my love.

    10If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.

  • 2 Cor 1:13
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    13For in our letters we say no other things to you, but those which you are reading, and to which you give agreement, and, it is my hope, will go on doing so to the end:

  • 2 Pet 3:1-2
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    1My loved ones, this is now my second letter to you, and in this as in the first, I am attempting to keep your true minds awake;

    2So that you may keep in mind the words of the holy prophets in the past, and the law of the Lord and Saviour which was given to you by his Apostles.

  • 1 John 4:21
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    21And 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.

  • 3 John 1:11
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    11My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God.

  • Luke 1:2
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    2As they were handed down to us by those who saw them from the first and were preachers of the word,