1 John 2:7

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

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

6The one saying that he abides in him ought himself so to walk about, as he also did walk about.

8Again I do write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you: because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:37And He said to him; Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Acts 17:19And taking him, they led him to the Areopagus, saying; Are we able to know what is this new teaching, spoken by thee?

Galatians 5:13For you were called unto liberty, brethren; only use not the liberty unto an occasion to the flesh, but through divine love serve one another.

1 John 2:24Let that which you heard from the beginning abide in you. If that which you heard from the beginning may abide in you, you also are abiding 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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