1Th 4:9, 1Pe 1:22, 1Jo 2:7-8, 3:11, 23, 4:20-21 | ESV | STEP | Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you , for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another ,

1 Thessalonians 4:9

9 Now concerning ^abrotherly love ^byou have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been ^ctaught by God ^dto love one another,

1 Peter 1:22

22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for ^ea sincere brotherly love, ^flove one another earnestly from a pure heart,

1 John 2:7-8

The New Commandment

7 Beloved, I am writing you ^gno new commandment, but ^han old commandment ⁱthat you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. 8 At the same time, it is ^ja new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because ^{▼▼Or that} ^lthe darkness is passing away and ^mthe true light is already shining.

1 John 3:11

Love One Another

11 For ⁿthis is the message that you have heard from the beginning, ^othat we should love one another.

1 John 3:23

23 And this is his commandment, ^pthat we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and ^qlove one another, ^rjust as he has commanded us.

1 John 4:20-21

20 ^sIf anyone says, “I love God,” and ^thates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot ^{▼▼Some manuscripts how can he} love God ^vwhom he has not seen. 21 And ^wthis commandment we have from him: ^xwhoever loves God must also love his brother.