1 John 2:7

Beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment, which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word, which you have heard from the beginning.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

In Context

6He that says, he abides in him, ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

8Again, a new commandment I do write to you, which is true as it respects him and you; because the darkness is past, and the true light now shines.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:37Jesus said to him: You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with your whole soul, and with your whole mind.

Acts 17:19And they took him, and brought him to Mars hill, saying: Are we able to understand what this new teaching is, which is announced by you?

Galatians 5:13For you have been called to freedom, brethren: only use not your freedom as an occasion for the flesh, but become servants to one another, through love.

1 John 2:24Let that, therefore, abide in you which you have heard from the beginning. If that abide in you which you have heard from the beginning, you also shall abide in the Son and in the Father.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 2:4-7

The Believer's Duty. ( a. d. 80.) 3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. 6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. These verses may seem to relate to the seventh verse of the former chapter , between which and these verses there… Read the whole commentary →

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