1 John 2:7

Beloved, I do not write a new command to you, but an old command, that you had from the beginning—the old command is the word that you heard from the beginning;

Literal Standard Version

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 who is saying he remains in Him, himself ought to also walk according as He walked.

8again, a new command I write to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light now shines;

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:18You do not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of your people; and you have had love for your neighbor as yourself; I [am] YHWH.

Deuteronomy 6:5And you have loved your God YHWH with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.

Matthew 22:37And Jesus said to him, “You will love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your understanding—

Acts 17:19having also taken him, they brought [him] to the Areopagus, saying, “Are we able to know what this new teaching [is] that is spoken by you,

Galatians 5:13For you were called to freedom, brothers, only the freedom [is] not for an occasion to the flesh, but serve one another through the love,

1 John 2:24You, then, that which you heard from the beginning, let it remain in you; if that which you heard from the beginning may remain in you, you also will remain 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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