1 John 3:23

God's command is to believe in his Son Jesus Christ and to love one another. Faith and love sum up his will for us.

Cross-references · 18

• John 6:29Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
• John 13:34A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
• 1 Pet 1:22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
• John 15:12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
• 1 Pet 4:8And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
• 1 Jn 3:11For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
• 1 Jn 4:21And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
• Mark 9:7And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
• 1 Th 4:9But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
• Eph 5:2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
• Matt 22:39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
• 1 Jn 2:8–10Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
• Acts 16:31And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
• Deut 18:15–19The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
• Ps 2:12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
• John 17:3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
• John 14:1Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
• 1 Tim 1:15This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

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