1 John 3:23
21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,
22 and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
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.
24 Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- 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.
- WEB
- This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.
- 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.
- DARBY
- And this is his commandment, that we believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and that we love one another, even as he has given us commandment.
- BLB
- 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 gave the commandment to us.
- ÅB
- Og dette er hans bud at vi skal tro på hans Sønn Jesu Kristi navn og elske hverandre, slik som han befalte oss.
- OTB
- Dette er Hans bud, at vi skal tro på navnet til Hans Sønn Jesus Kristus, og elske hverandre, slik som Han har instruert oss.
- B1930
- Og dette er hans bud at vi skal tro på hans Sønn Jesu Kristi navn og elske hverandre, således som han bød oss.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 6:29
Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”
Read in contextJohn 13:34
A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
Read in context1 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.
Read in contextJohn 15:12
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Read in context1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
Read in context1 John 3:11
This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 4:9
Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
Read in contextMark 9:7
Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him!”
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