1 John 3:23 KJV
And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
Matthew Henry
- The advantage of faith, love, and obedienceWhen believers had confidence towards God, through the Spirit of adoption, and by faith in the great High Priest, they might ask what they would of their...
Thompson Chains
- Faith EnjoinedLast of 13 links
- Son of GodSee the chain from Matthew 2:15 · 9 links
- Brotherly Love (2)See the chain from Deuteronomy 10:19 · 11 links
Cross References
- John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
- John 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
- John 6:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
- 1 Peter 1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
- 1 Peter 4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
- 1 John 3:11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
- Mark 9:7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
- Ephesians 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
- 1 John 2:8–10 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. …
- 1 John 4:21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
- Matthew 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
- Deuteronomy 18:15–19 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; …
- John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
- Acts 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
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Topics
- Church Harmonious fellowship of
- Commandments Precepts of, explicitly stated or implied in didactic epistles
- Faith In Christ
- Jesus, the Christ Son of God
- Love Of man for man
- Righteousness Fruits of
Bible Dictionary
Greek and Strong’s
- And Καὶ Kai καί Conjunction
- this αὕτη hautē οὗτος Pronoun · nominative feminine singular
- is ἐστὶν estin Verb · present active indicative, third person singular ἐστί estí
- his αὐτοῦ autou αὐτός Pronoun · third person, genitive masculine singular
- commandment ἡ hē Article · nominative feminine singular ἐντολὴ entolē ἐντολή Noun · nominative feminine singular
- That Ἵνα Hina ἵνα Adverb
- we should believe πιστεύσωμεν pisteusōmen πιστεύω Verb · aorist active subjunctive, first person plural
- on the name τῷ tō Article · dative neuter singular ὀνόματι onomati ὄνομα Noun · dative neuter singular
- of his αὐτοῦ autou αὐτός Pronoun · third person, genitive masculine singular
- Son τοῦ tou Article · genitive masculine singular Υἱοῦ Huiou υἱός Noun · genitive masculine singular
- Jesus Ἰησοῦ Iēsou Ἰησοῦς Noun · genitive masculine singular
- Christ Χριστοῦ Christou Χριστός Noun · genitive masculine singular
- and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
- love ἀγαπῶμεν agapōmen ἀγαπάω Verb · present active subjunctive, first person plural
- one another ἀλλήλους allēlous ἀλλήλων Pronoun · accusative masculine plural
- as καθὼς kathōs καθώς Conjunction
- he gave ἔδωκεν edōken δίδωμι Verb · aorist active indicative, third person singular
- us ἡμῖν hēmin Pronoun · first person, dative plural ἡμῖν hēmîn
- commandment ἐντολὴν entolēn ἐντολή Noun · accusative feminine singular
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