1 John 2:7

Which verses does 1 John 2:7 point to?

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1. 1 John 3:1117 votes

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

2. Leviticus 19:1815 votes

   Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

3. Mark 12:29–3415 votes

   Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ …

4. 2 John 1:5–614 votes

   And 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. And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.

5. Romans 13:8–1010 votes

   Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” …

6. Galatians 5:13–1410 votes

   For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love. The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

7. Matthew 22:37–409 votes

   Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. …

8. Leviticus 19:348 votes

   You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

9. Deuteronomy 6:58 votes

   And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

10. 1 John 3:238 votes

    And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.

11. James 2:8–126 votes
12. 1 John 2:246 votes

    As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.

13. Matthew 5:435 votes
14. Acts 17:192 votes

Which verses point to 1 John 2:7?

Ranked by reader votes.

• John 13:34 30
• Matthew 13:52 19
• John 15:12 10
• 1 John 2:24 7
• 1 John 3:11 5
• 2 John 1:5 4
• Acts 17:19 2
• 1 John 2:12 2