1 John 3:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • John 13:34 : 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.
  • John 15:12 : 12 This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:
  • 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 3:11 : 11 Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another;
  • John 6:29 : 29 Jesus, answering, said to them, This is to do the work of God: to have faith in him whom God has sent.
  • 1 John 4:21 : 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.
  • 1 John 2:8-9 : 8 Again, 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. 9 He who says that he is in the light, and has hate in his heart for his brother, is still in the dark. 10 He who has love for his brother is in the light, and there is no cause of error in him.
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.
  • 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;
  • Mark 9:7 : 7 And a cloud came over them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, give ear to him.
  • Matt 22:39 : 39 And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
  • Deut 18:15-19 : 15 The Lord your God will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to him; 16 In answer to the request you made to the Lord your God in Horeb on the day of the great meeting, when you said, Let not the voice of the Lord my God come to my ears again, and let me not see this great fire any more, or death will overtake me. 17 Then the Lord said to me, What they have said is well said. 18 I will give them a prophet from among themselves, like you, and I will put my words in his mouth, and he will say to them whatever I give him orders to say. 19 And whoever does not give ear to my words which he will say in my name, will be responsible to me.
  • John 17:3 : 3 And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 16:31 : 31 And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation.
  • John 14:1 : 1 Let not your heart be troubled: have faith in God and have faith in me.
  • Ps 2:12 : 12 For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.

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    24 He 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.

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

    4 It 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.

    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.

  • 1 John 3:22
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    22 And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes.

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

  • 1 John 3:10-11
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    10 In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.

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    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.

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    1 Everyone who has faith that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God: and everyone who has love for the Father has love for his child.

    2 In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.

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  • 1 John 4:11-13
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    11 My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

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    3 And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.

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    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.

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

  • 1 John 3:16
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    16 In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.

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    3 We 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:

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    15 Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God.

    16 And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.

    17 In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.

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    5 But 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:

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

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    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.

    19 In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,

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    9 And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.

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    12 And the Lord give you increase of love in fullest measure to one another and to all men, even as our love to you;

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    15 If you have love for me, you will keep my laws.

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    15 So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life.

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    19 We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.

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    7 My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.

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

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    8 Again, 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.