Verse 11

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

Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Matt 18:32-33 : 32 ‹Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:› 33 ‹Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?›
  • 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 : 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 15:12-13 : 12 ‹This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.› 13 ‹Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.›
  • 2 Cor 8:8-9 : 8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
  • Eph 4:31-5:2 : 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. 1 ¶ Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 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.
  • Col 3:13 : 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also [do] ye.
  • 1 John 3:16-17 : 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. 17 But 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?