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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.

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ASV

And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he gave us commandment.

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.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
αὕτηhautēthisG3778 →
ἐστὶνestinisG1510 →
ἡhētheG3588 →
ἐντολὴentolēcommandmentG1785 →
αὐτοῦautouof HimG846 →
ἵναinathatG2443 →
πιστεύσωμενpisteusōmenwe may believeG4100 →
τῷtōin theG3588 →
ὀνόματιonomatinameG3686 →
τοῦtouof theG3588 →
υἱοῦhuiouSonG5207 →
αὐτοῦautouof HimG846 →
ἸησοῦIēsouJesusG2424 →
ΧριστοῦChristouChristG5547 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἀγαπῶμενagapōmenwe may loveG25 →
ἀλλήλουςallēlousone anotherG240 →
καθὼςkathōseven asG2531 →
ἔδωκενedōkenHe gaveG1325 →
ἐντολὴνentolēn[the] commandmentG1785 →
ἡμῖν.hēminto us.G3165 →

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John 1:12But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—1 John 5:13I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.1 John 4:11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.John 6:29Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”John 13:34A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.1 Peter 1:22Since 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 15:12This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.1 Peter 4:8Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.Deuteronomy 18:15The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.1 John 3:11This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.1 John 2:7Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.Mark 9:7Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him!”1 Thessalonians 4:9Now 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 4:21And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.2 John 1:5And 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.Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.Matthew 22:39And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’1 John 2:8–10Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.

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Saint John the Evangelist — El Greco

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Fall of the Rebel Angels (1562) — the tradition that read Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 as the adversary's own fall.

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Two taunt-songs, two named kings, and the fall the church has heard behind them — Isaiah 14 facing Ezekiel 28.

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About 1 John

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