Mat 22:39, Joh 6:29, 13:34, 15:12, 17:3, Eph 5:2, 1Th 4:9, 1Pe 4:8, 1Jo 2:8, 10 | ISV | STEP | The second is like it: ‘You must love your neighbor as yourself.’

Matthew 22:39

39 The second is like it: ‘You must love your neighbor as yourself.’ ^{▼▼Lev 19:18}Lev 19:18; Matt 19:19; Mark 12:31; Luke 10:27; Rom 13:9; Gal 5:14; James 2:8

29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God: to believe in the one whom he has sent.”1John 3:23

34 I am giving you a new commandment to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.Lev 19:18; John 15:12, 17; Eph 5:2; 1Thes 4:9; James 2:8; 1Pet 1:22; 1John 2:7-8; 4:21

12 “This is my commandment: that you love one another as I have loved you.John 13:34; 1Thes 4:9; 1Pet 4:8; 1John 3:11; 4:21

3 And this is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent—Jesus Christ.Isa 53:11; Jer 9:24; John 3:34; 5:36-37; 7:29; 10:36; 11:42; 1Cor 8:4; 1Thes 1:9

2 Live in love as Christ also loved us ^{▼▼Other mss. read you} and gave himself for us as an offering and sacrifice, a fragrant aroma to God.Gen 8:21; Lev 1:9; John 13:34; 15:12; 2Cor 2:15; Gal 1:4; 2:20; 1Thes 4:9; Heb 7:27; 1John 3:11, 16, 23; 4:21

9 Now you do not need anyone to write to you about brotherly love, since you have been taught by God to love each other.Jer 31:34; Matt 22:39; John 6:45; 13:34; 14:26; 15:12; Eph 5:2; 1Thes 5:1; Heb 8:11; 1Pet 4:8; 1John 2:20, 27; 4:21

8 Above all, continue to love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins.Prov 10:12; 1Cor 13:7; Col 3:14; Heb 13:1; James 5:20

8 On the other hand, I am writing to you a new commandment that is true in him and in you. For the darkness is fading away, and the true light is already shining.John 1:9; 8:12; 12:35; 13:34; 15:12; Rom 13:12; Eph 5:8; 1Thes 5:5, 8

10 The person who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no reason for him to stumble.2Pet 1:10; 1John 3:14