Verse 17

This I command you– to love one another.

Referenced Verses

• John 15:12 : 12 My commandment is this– to love one another just as I have loved you.
• 1 John 3:14-17 : 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. 15 Everyone who hates his fellow Christian is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him. 16 We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians. 17 But whoever has the world’s possessions and sees his fellow Christian in need and shuts off his compassion against him, how can the love of God reside in such a person?
• 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honor all people, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the king.