1 John 3:11 KJV — MannaFest

1 John 3:11

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

because this is the message that ye did hear from the beginning, that we may love one another,

DBT

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

About this book

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1 John — The aged apostle writes to churches in Asia Minor facing docetic teachers who deny the incarnation. Three tests interweave through five short chapters: walk in the light, love the brethren, confess Jesus come in the flesh.

Author: The apostle John — same author as the Gospel of John and 2/3 John; early church unanimous
Date: Late 1st century, c. AD 85–95, likely written from Ephesus

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22 verses on the floor

John 13:34
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
1 John 2:7
Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
John 15:12
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
2 John 1:5
And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
1 Thessalonians 4:9
But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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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.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

the message--"announcement," as of something good; not a mere command, as the law. The Gospel message of Him who loved us, announced by His servants, is, that we love the brethren; not here all mankind, but those who are our brethren in Christ, children of the same family of God, of whom we have been born anew.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

1JN 3:111JN 4:7 1PE 1:22
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1JN 3:111PE 3:8 ROM 12:10
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1JN 3:111JN 4:7 1JN 4:20
1JN 3:111JN 4:7 1JN 4:8
1JN 3:11JHN 15:12 1JN 4:21
1JN 3:11JHN 15:12 1PE 4:8
1JN 3:111JN 4:7 1JN 2:10
1JN 3:111PE 3:8 EPH 4:31

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