1 John 3:11

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

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

In Context

10By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

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Cross References

John 15:12This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

1 Timothy 1:5The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.

1 Peter 3:8Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and courteous.

1 John 1:5And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 3:5-11

The Mark of God's Children. ( a. d. 80.) 4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. 6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. 7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this… Read the whole commentary →

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