1 John 3:11

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

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  • 2 John 1:5 : 5 ¶ And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
  • 1 John 4:21 : 21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
  • 1 John 1:5 : 5 ¶ This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
  • John 15:12 : 12 ‹This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.›
  • 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 ¶ Finally, [be ye] all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, [be] pitiful, [be] courteous:
  • 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
  • John 13:34-35 : 34 ‹A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; 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.›
  • 1 John 4:7 : 7 ¶ Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
  • 1 John 2:7-8 : 7 ¶ Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. 8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
  • 1 Thess 4:9 : 9 ¶ But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
  • 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 ¶ Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and [of] a good conscience, and [of] faith unfeigned:
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:
  • Gal 6:2 : 2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

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  • 2 John 1:5-7
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    5¶ And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

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

    7¶ For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

  • 1 John 4:7-12
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    7¶ Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

    8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

    9In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

    10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.

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

    12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

  • 1 John 4:19-21
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    19We love him, because he first loved us.

    20If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

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

  • 1 John 3:12-18
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    12Not as Cain, [who] was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

    13Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

    14¶ We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not [his] brother abideth in death.

    15Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

    16Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren.

    17But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

    18My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

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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.

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    23¶ And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

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

    7¶ Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

    8Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

    9He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

    10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.

    11But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

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    1¶ That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

    2(For the life was manifested, and we have seen [it], and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

    3That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship [is] with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

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    11Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

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    12‹This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.›

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

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

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    1¶ Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

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    1¶ Let brotherly love continue.

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    22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:

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    24Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

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    1¶ Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

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    15Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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

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    5¶ This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

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    16And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

    17¶ Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

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    8He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

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    5Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;