Cross references
1 John 3:23
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.
1 John 3:23 has 18 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 13 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 6:29 (14 votes) and John 13:34 (12 votes). 48 other verses point back to it. It links with 21 other books, from Leviticus 19 to Revelation 22.
Which verses does 1 John 3:23 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- John 6:2914 votes
Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”
- John 13:3412 votes
A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
- 1 Peter 1:2211 votes
Since 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.
- John 15:1210 votes
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
- 1 Peter 4:89 votes
Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
- 1 John 3:118 votes
This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
- Mark 9:77 votes
Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him!”
- 1 Thessalonians 4:97 votes
Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
- 1 John 4:217 votes
And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.
- Matthew 22:396 votes
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
- Ephesians 5:26 votes
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
- Acts 16:315 votes
- 1 John 2:8–105 votes
- Deuteronomy 18:15–193 votes
- Psalm 2:123 votes
- John 17:33 votes
- John 14:12 votes
- 1 Timothy 1:151 vote
Which verses point to 1 John 3:23?
The 10 strongest of 48.