The command to love one another is a central teaching of Jesus and the apostles, emphasizing the importance of selfless care and compassion for fellow believers. In John 13:34, Jesus gives this command as a new standard for His followers, saying it will be a key identifier of their discipleship. The epistles of John, such as 1 John 4:20, and Peter, like 1 Peter 4:8, reinforce this message, while Romans 12:10 urges believers to outdo one another in showing honor and affection. By loving one another, Christians demonstrate their love for God and fulfill a fundamental aspect of their faith.
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A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
A 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.”
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.