Devine Scripture

1 John 3:11

1 John chapter 3 · verse 11 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

v.11This passage

v.12not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • John 13:34

    A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

  • 1 Peter 1:22

    Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

  • Ephesians 5:2

    and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.

  • John 15:12

    This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

  • 1 John 1:5

    And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

  • 2 John 1:5

    And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote to thee a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.