1 John 3:11

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“This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.”

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BSBPD

“This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“because this is the message that ye did hear from the beginning, that we may love one another,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 John 3:11 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. John 13:34A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
  2. John 15:12This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
  3. Galatians 6:2Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
  4. Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
  5. 1 Thessalonians 4:9Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
  6. 1 Timothy 1:5The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
  7. 1 Peter 1:22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
  8. 1 Peter 3:8Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
  9. 1 Peter 4:8Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
  10. 1 John 1:5And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
  11. 1 John 2:7Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.
  12. 1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
  13. 1 John 4:21And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.
  14. 2 John 1:5And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.

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