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2 John 1:5

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.

2 John 1:5 BSB

2 John 1:5 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 13:34–35 (10 votes) and John 15:12 (10 votes). 15 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from John 13 to 3 John 1.

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Which verses does 2 John 1:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. John 13:34–3510 votes

    A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”

  2. John 15:1210 votes

    This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

  3. 1 John 3:1110 votes

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

  4. 1 Thessalonians 4:99 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 1 John 4:206 votes

    If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

  7. 1 Peter 4:85 votes

    Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

  8. 1 John 3:14–185 votes

    We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer. …

  9. Ephesians 5:24 votes

    and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

  10. Hebrews 13:14 votes

    Continue in brotherly love.

  11. 1 Peter 1:22–234 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. For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

  12. 2 Peter 1:74 votes
  13. 1 John 2:7–84 votes
  14. 1 John 4:7–124 votes
  15. Galatians 5:223 votes

Which verses point to 2 John 1:5?

The 10 strongest of 15.