1 John 2:7
Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment that you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you heard.
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6whoever says that he remains in God should himself also walk just as he walked.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:18Do not take vengeance or hold any grudge against any of your people, but instead love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.
Deuteronomy 6:5You will love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.
Matthew 22:37Jesus said to him, “'Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
Acts 17:19They took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know this new teaching which you were speaking?
Galatians 5:13For you were called to freedom, brothers. But do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the sinful nature; rather, through love serve one another.
1 John 2:24As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you will also 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 →