Bible Cross References
I write
1 John 3:11
The message you heard from the very beginning is this: we must love one another.
Acts 17:19
So they took Paul, brought him before the city council, the Areopagus, and said, "We would like to know what this new teaching is that you are talking about.
2 John 1:5
And so I ask you, dear Lady: let us all love one another. This is no new command I am writing you; it is the command which we have had from the beginning.
but
Leviticus 19:18
Do not take revenge on others or continue to hate them, but love your neighbors as you love yourself. I am the LORD.
Leviticus 19:34
Treat them as you would an Israelite, and love them as you love yourselves. Remember that you were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 6:5
Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
Matthew 5:43
"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your friends, hate your enemies.'
Matthew 22:37-40
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Jesus answered, " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
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This is the greatest and the most important commandment.
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The second most important commandment is like it: 'Love your neighbor as you love yourself.'
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The whole Law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets depend on these two commandments."
Mark 12:29-34
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Jesus replied, "The most important one is this: 'Listen, Israel! The Lord our God is the only Lord.
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Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.'
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The second most important commandment is this: 'Love your neighbor as you love yourself.' There is no other commandment more important than these two."
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The teacher of the Law said to Jesus, "Well done, Teacher! It is true, as you say, that only the Lord is God and that there is no other god but he.
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And you must love God with all your heart and with all your mind and with all your strength; and you must love your neighbor as you love yourself. It is more important to obey these two commandments than to offer on the altar animals and other sacrifices to God."
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Jesus noticed how wise his answer was, and so he told him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." After this nobody dared to ask Jesus any more questions.
Romans 13:8-10
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Be under obligation to no one---the only obligation you have is to love one another. Whoever does this has obeyed the Law.
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The commandments, "Do not commit adultery; do not commit murder; do not steal; do not desire what belongs to someone else"---all these, and any others besides, are summed up in the one command, "Love your neighbor as you love yourself."
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If you love others, you will never do them wrong; to love, then, is to obey the whole Law.
Galatians 5:13
As for you, my friends, you were called to be free. But do not let this freedom become an excuse for letting your physical desires control you. Instead, let love make you serve one another.
Galatians 5:14
For the whole Law is summed up in one commandment: "Love your neighbor as you love yourself."
James 2:8-12
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You will be doing the right thing if you obey the law of the Kingdom, which is found in the scripture, "Love your neighbor as you love yourself."
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But if you treat people according to their outward appearance, you are guilty of sin, and the Law condemns you as a lawbreaker.
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Whoever breaks one commandment is guilty of breaking them all.
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For the same one who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not commit murder." Even if you do not commit adultery, you have become a lawbreaker if you commit murder.
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Speak and act as people who will be judged by the law that sets us free.