1John 2:7 Cross References

1 John 2:7

7: Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment, for it is an old one you have always had, right from the beginning. This commandment--to love one another--is the same message you heard before.

1 John 3:11

  1. This is the message we have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

Leviticus 19:18

  1. "Never seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

Mark 12:29

  1. Jesus replied, "The most important commandment is this: 'Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is the one and only Lord.
  2. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.'
  3. The second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' No other commandment is greater than these."
  4. The teacher of religious law replied, "Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth by saying that there is only one God and no other.
  5. And I know it is important to love him with all my heart and all my understanding and all my strength, and to love my neighbors as myself. This is more important than to offer all of the burnt offerings and sacrifices required in the law."

2 John 1:5

  1. And now I want to urge you, dear lady, that we should love one another. This is not a new commandment, but one we had from the beginning.
  2. Love means doing what God has commanded us, and he has commanded us to love one another, just as you heard from the beginning.

Leviticus 19:34

  1. They should be treated like everyone else, and you must love them as you love yourself. Remember that you were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. I, the LORD, am your God.

Matthew 22:37

  1. Jesus replied, "'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.'
  2. This is the first and greatest commandment.
  3. A second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
  4. All the other commandments and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments."

Galatians 5:13

  1. For you have been called to live in freedom--not freedom to satisfy your sinful nature, but freedom to serve one another in love.
  2. For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."

Romans 13:8

  1. Pay all your debts, except the debt of love for others. You can never finish paying that! If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill all the requirements of God's law.
  2. For the commandments against adultery and murder and stealing and coveting--and any other commandment--are all summed up in this one commandment: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
  3. Love does no wrong to anyone, so love satisfies all of God's requirements.

Deuteronomy 6:5

  1. And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.

1 John 3:23

  1. And this is his commandment: We must believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us.

1 John 2:24

  1. So you must remain faithful to what you have been taught from the beginning. If you do, you will continue to live in fellowship with the Son and with the Father.

James 2:8

  1. Yes indeed, it is good when you truly obey our Lord's royal command found in the Scriptures: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
  2. But if you pay special attention to the rich, you are committing a sin, for you are guilty of breaking that law.
  3. And the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as the person who has broken all of God's laws.
  4. For the same God who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." So if you murder someone, you have broken the entire law, even if you do not commit adultery.
  5. So whenever you speak, or whatever you do, remember that you will be judged by the law of love, the law that set you free.

Matthew 5:43

  1. "You have heard that the law of Moses says, 'Love your neighbor' and hate your enemy.

Acts 17:19

  1. Then they took him to the Council of Philosophers. "Come and tell us more about this new religion," they said.
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