1 John 4:21

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • 1 John 3:11 : 11 ¶ For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
  • Lev 19:18 : 18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I [am] the LORD.
  • 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.
  • Matt 22:37-39 : 37 Jesus said unto him, ‹Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.› 38 ‹This is the first and great commandment.› 39 ‹And the second› [is] ‹like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.›
  • Mark 12:29-33 : 29 And Jesus answered him, ‹The first of all the commandments› [is], ‹Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:› 30 ‹And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this› [is] ‹the first commandment.› 31 ‹And the second› [is] ‹like,› [namely] ‹this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.› 32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: 33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love [his] neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
  • Luke 10:37 : 37 And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, ‹Go, and do thou likewise.›
  • 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.›
  • John 15:12 : 12 ‹This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.›
  • Rom 12:9-9 : 9 [Let] love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 10 [Be] kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
  • Rom 13:9-9 : 9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law.
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
  • Gal 5:14 : 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
  • 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.
  • 1 John 3:14 : 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.
  • 1 John 3:18 : 18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
  • 1 John 3:23 : 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.
  • 1 John 4:11 : 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
  • Matt 5:43 : 43 ¶ ‹Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.›

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