1 John 3:23

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ 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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  • John 13:34 : 34 ‹A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.›
  • John 15:12 : 12 ‹This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.›
  • 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:
  • 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
  • 1 John 3:11 : 11 ¶ For this is the message that 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 I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. 9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
  • 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.
  • Mark 9:7 : 7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
  • Matt 22:39 : 39 ‹And the second› [is] ‹like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.›
  • Deut 18:15-19 : 15 ¶ The LORD 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 the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. 17 And the LORD said unto me, They have well [spoken that] which they have spoken. 18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and 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 might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.›
  • Acts 16:31 : 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
  • John 14:1 : 1 ¶ ‹Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.›
  • Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish [from] the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed [are] all they that put their trust in him.

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

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

    4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.

    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.

    6 And 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.

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

  • 12 ‹This is my commandment, That ye love one another, 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 that 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 born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

    2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep 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 ought also to love one another.

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

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

  • 3 ¶ And hereby we do 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; 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 love one another.›

  • 16 Hereby 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.

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

    16 And 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.

  • 1 John 2:5-6
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    5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

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

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

    19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

  • 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.

  • John 15:9-10
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    9 ¶ ‹As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue 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 In 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.

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

  • 15 ¶ ‹If ye love me, keep my commandments.›

  • 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

  • 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.

  • John 3:15-16
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    15 ‹That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.›

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

  • 19 We love him, because he first loved us.

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

  • 2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

  • 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, ‹If a man love me, he will keep my words: 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 born of God, and knoweth God.

  • 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to 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 may 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 to him.›

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

  • 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 Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

  • 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.