1 John 3:11 BSB — MannaFest

1 John 3:11

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

BSB

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ASV

For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:

KJV

For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

For this is the message,.... Sent from God by Christ, or what he in his ministry declared, and is the commandment which was so frequently urged by him, Joh 13:34; that ye have heard from the beginning; of the preaching of the Gospel to them, and of their conversion; see 1Jn 2:7; that we should love one another; to which the command of Christ, the reason with which it is enforced, and the early notice of it, should engage.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

To dissuade from what is contrary thereto, all ill-will towards the brethren, and that by the example of Cain. His envy and malignity should deter us from harbouring the like passion, and that upon these accounts:-- 1. It showed that he was as the first-born of the serpent's seed; even he, the eldest son of the first man, was of the wicked one.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

For this is the message - Margin, “commandment.” In the received text, this is ἀγγελία angelia - “a message brought;” in several manuscripts, and in later editions, it is ἐπαγγελία epangelia - “annunciation, announcement;” an order given, or a commandment, Act 23:21. It is not very material which reading is followed. The word “command” or “rule” would express the sense with sufficient clearness. The reference is to the law given by the Saviour as a permanent direction to his disciples.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὅτι	hoti	For	G3754 →
αὕτη	hautē	this	G3778 →
ἐστὶν	estin	is	G1510 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
ἀγγελία	angelia	message	G31 →
ἣν	hēn	that	G3739 →
ἠκούσατε	ēkousate	you have heard	G191 →
ἀπ᾽	ap᾽	from	G575 →
ἀρχῆς	archēs	[the] beginning	G746 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
ἀγαπῶμεν	agapōmen	we may love	G25 →
ἀλλήλους·	allēlous	one another;	G240 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
leads to
- 1 Peter 1:22
  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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 John 4:20
  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.
- 1 John 4:8
  Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
- 1 John 2:10
  Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.
Through
1 Peter 3:8
Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
leads to
- Romans 12:10
  Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ephesians 4:31
  Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
Through
John 15:12
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
leads to
- 1 John 4:21
  And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.
- 1 Peter 4:8
  Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 John

Where the connections lead

The record, by era

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 John