Verse 21

And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 3:11 : 11 God Is Love, So We Must Love One Another For this is the gospel message that you have heard from the beginning: that we should love one another,
  • Lev 19:18 : 18 You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
  • 1 Thess 4:9 : 9 Now on the topic of brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.
  • Matt 22:37-39 : 37 Jesus said to him,“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 The second is like it:‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
  • Mark 12:29-33 : 29 Jesus answered,“The most important is:‘Listen, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is:‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” 32 The expert in the law said to him,“That is true, Teacher; you are right to say that he is one, and there is no one else besides him. 33 And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
  • Luke 10:37 : 37 The expert in religious law said,“The one who showed mercy to him.” So Jesus said to him,“Go and do the same.”
  • John 13:34-35 : 34 “I give you a new commandment– to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples– if you have love for one another.”
  • John 15:12 : 12 My commandment is this– to love one another just as I have loved you.
  • Rom 12:9-9 : 9 Conduct in Love Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another.
  • Rom 13:9-9 : 9 For the commandments,“Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet,”(and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this,“Love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight– the only thing that matters is faith working through love.
  • Gal 5:14 : 14 For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely,“You must love your neighbor as yourself.”
  • 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Suffering for Doing Good Finally, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, affectionate, compassionate, and humble.
  • 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.
  • 1 John 3:14 : 14 We know that we have crossed over from death to life because we love our fellow Christians. The one who does not love remains in death.
  • 1 John 3:18 : 18 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.
  • 1 John 3:23 : 23 Now this is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave us the commandment.
  • 1 John 4:11 : 11 Dear friends, if God so loved us, then we also ought to love one another.
  • Matt 5:43 : 43 Love for Enemies“You have heard that it was said,‘Love your neighbor’ and‘hate your enemy.’