1 John 3:11
because this is the commandment, which ye heard from the beginning, that ye should love one another.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
In Context
Cross References
John 15:12This is my command, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Ephesians 5:2and walk in love; as the Messiah also hath loved us, and hath given up himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God, for a sweet odor.
1 Timothy 1:5Now the end of the command is love, which is from a pure heart, and from a good conscience, and from true faith.
1 Peter 3:8The summing up, is, that ye all be in harmony, that ye be sympathetic with them who suffer, and affectionate one to another, and be merciful and kind.
1 John 1:5And this is the announcement, which we have heard from him and declare to you, that God is light, and no darkness at all is in him.
1 John 4:7My beloved, let us love one another: because love is from God; and whoever loveth, is born of God and knoweth 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 →