1 John 2:7

Brethren, I write not a 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.

Thomas Haweis 1795 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 who saith that he abideth in him, ought as he walked, even so himself to walk.

8Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which is a true thing in him, and in you, because the darkness is past, and the true light is now shining.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:37Then Jesus 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 17:19So they took him and led him to the hill of Mars, saying, May we know what this novel doctrine taught by thee is?

Galatians 5:13For ye have been called unto liberty, brethren; only use not that liberty as a pretext for carnality, but in love be subject one to another.

1 John 2:24Let that abide in you therefore which ye have heard from the beginning. If that abide in you which ye heard from the beginning, ye 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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