"Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandme…" — 1 John 2:7

1 John 2:7 · KJV

“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.”

— 1 John 2:7

Verse 6

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

Verse 8

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 2 — Context

But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

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.

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.

He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

Cross References

1 John 3:11

For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. {message: or, commandment}

Leviticus 19:18

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I {am} the LORD.

Mark 12:29-34

And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments {is}, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

2 John 1:5-6

And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

Galatians 5:13-14

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only {use} not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

Romans 13:8-10

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Matthew 22:37-40

This is the first and great commandment.

Leviticus 19:34

{But} the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I {am} the LORD your God.