1 John 3:11

In 9 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

because this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we may love one another,

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

For this is the declaration, which you have heard from the beginning, that you should love one another.

GNV

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

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT

Ὅτι αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἀγγελία ἣν ἠκούσατε ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς, ἵνα ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους·

RP2018

Ὅτι αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἀγγελία ἣν ἠκούσατε ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς, ἵνα ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους·

TR-Boyd

Ὅτι αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἀγγελία ἣν ἠκούσατε ἀπ᾿ ἀρχῆς, ἵνα ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους·

SCR1894

οτι αυτη εστιν η αγγελια ην ηκουσατε απ αρχης ινα αγαπωμεν αλληλους

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• John 15:12This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
• 2 John 1:5And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.
• 1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
• John 13:34–35A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
• 1 Peter 3:8Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
• 1 John 4:21And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.
• Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:9Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
• 1 Peter 4:8Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
• 1 John 1:5And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
• 1 Peter 1:22Since 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.
• 1 Timothy 1:5The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
• 1 John 2:7–8Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard. Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which…
• Galatians 6:2Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

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