1 John 2:7
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The New Commandment
7 Beloved, I am writing you (A)no new commandment, but (B)an old commandment (C)that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard.
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Leviticus 19:18
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18 (A)You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but (B)you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
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1 John 3:11
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Love One Another
11 For (A)this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, (B)that we should love one another.
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Mark 12:29-34
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29 Jesus answered, “The most important is, (A)‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, (B)the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 (C)The second is this: (D)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment (E)greater than these.” 32 And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that (F)he is one, and (G)there is no other besides him. 33 And to love him with all the heart and with all (H)the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, (I)is much more than all (J)whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” (K)And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.
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2 John 5-6
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5 And now I ask you, dear lady—(A)not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—(B)that we love one another. 6 And (C)this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just (D)as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.
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Galatians 5:13-14
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13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. (A)Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love (B)serve one another. 14 For (C)the whole law is fulfilled in one word: (D)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
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Romans 13:8-10
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Fulfilling the Law Through Love
8 (A)Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for (B)the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, (C)“You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: (D)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore (E)love is the fulfilling of the law.
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Matthew 22:37-40
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37 And he said to him, (A)“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And (B)a second is like it: (C)You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 (D)On these two commandments depend (E)all the Law and the Prophets.”
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1 John 3:23
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23 And this is his commandment, (A)that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and (B)love one another, (C)just as he has commanded us.
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Deuteronomy 6:5
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5 You (A)shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
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Leviticus 19:34
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34 (A)You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and (B)you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
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1 John 2:24
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24 Let (A)what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then (B)you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.
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James 2:8-12
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8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, (A)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. 9 But if you (B)show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point (C)has become guilty of all of it. 11 For he who said, (D)“Do not commit adultery,” also said, (E)“Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under (F)the law of liberty.
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Matthew 5:43
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Love Your Enemies
43 (A)“You have heard that it was said, (B)‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
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Acts 17:19
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19 And they took him and brought him to (A)the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this (B)new teaching is that you are presenting?
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