1 John 2:7

Most dear brethren (or Most dear brothers), I write to you, not a new commandment, but the old commandment, that ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word, that ye heard.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 that saith, that he dwelleth in him, he oweth to walk, as he walked. (He who saith, that he remaineth in him, he ought to walk, like he walked.)

8Again I write to you a new commandment, that is true both in him and in you; for (the) darknesses be passed (away), and very light shineth now, (or for the darkness hath gone away, and the true light shineth now).

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:18Thou shalt not seek vengeance, neither thou shalt be mindful of the wrong of thy citizens (nor shalt thou remember the wrong-doings of thy fellow citizens); thou shalt love thy friend as thyself; I am the Lord.

Deuteronomy 6:5Thou shalt love thy Lord God of all thine heart, and of all thy soul, and of all thy strength. (Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength.)

Matthew 22:37Jesus said to him, Thou shalt love thy Lord God [or Thou shalt love the Lord thy God], of all thine heart, and in all thy soul, and in all thy mind. (Jesus said to him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.)

Acts 17:19And they took, and led him to Areopagus, [that is, a common school], and said, May we know, what is this new doctrine, that is said of thee?

Galatians 5:13For, brethren, ye be called into freedom [or into liberty]; only give ye not freedom [or liberty] into (an) occasion of (the) flesh, but by charity of [the] Spirit serve ye together (or but in the love of the Spirit serve one another).

1 John 2:24That thing that ye heard at [or from] the beginning, dwell it in you; for if that thing dwelleth in you, which ye heard at (or from) the beginning, ye shall dwell in the Son and in the Father. (That which ye heard from the beginning, let it remain in you; for if that remaineth in you, which ye have heard from the beginning, ye shall 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 →

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