1 John 2:7
Greek Text— 1 John 2:7Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.
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you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.
He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your offspring, to love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.
It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to my commandments which I command you today, to love Yahweh your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”
“You shall have no other gods before me.
and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
All the prophets testify about him, that through his name everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins.”
For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
Therefore you shall love Yahweh your God, and keep his instructions, his statutes, his ordinances, and his commandments, always.
He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.
But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.
“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;
Now I beg you, dear lady, not as though I wrote to you a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of David his father; except that he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
There was no king like him before him, who turned to Yahweh with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; and there was none like him who arose after him.
I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forever more.
Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
‘Honor your father and your mother.’ And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!”
The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus, and said, “You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.
But certain men joined with him and believed, among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,
And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.
This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
“ ‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.
Therefore love the foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.
A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.”
Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins,
Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.
for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.
Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,
Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,
that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
You shall have one kind of law for the foreigner as well as the native-born; for I am Yahweh your God.’ ”
Outside the sword will bereave, and in the rooms, terror on both young man and virgin, the nursing infant with the gray-haired man.
But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”
But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.
idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,
where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
For we know him who said, “Vengeance belongs to me;” says the Lord, “I will repay.” Again, “The Lord will judge his people.”
Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If therefore you won’t watch, I will come as a thief, and you won’t know what hour I will come upon you.
The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.
You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is, which you are speaking about?
I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.
This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.