- Love one another
The phrase “one another” is derived from the Greek word allelon which means “one another, each other; mutually, reciprocally.” It occurs 100 times in the New Testament with over half of those occurrences giving specific commands teaching us how to relate to one another. Loving one another is an imperative that occurs at least sixteen times. It forms the basis for a true community of saints and is the largest influence that bore witness to true discipleship (John 13:35). and has a direct impact on our witness to the world (John 13:35). Below is a chart listing passages with the command to love one another.
| John 13:34-35 | “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” |
| John 15:12 | “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” |
| John 15:17 | “These things I command you, so that you will love one another.” |
| Romans 12:10 | “Love one another with brotherly affection.” |
| Romans 13:8 | “Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.” |
| 1 Thess. 3:12 | “And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you.” |
| 1 Thess.4:9-10 | 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, for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more.” |
| 1 Peter 1:22 | “Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart.” |
| 1 Peter 4:8 | “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.” |
| 1 Peter 3:8 | “Love one another deeply, from the heart.” |
| 1 John 3:11 | “For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.” |
| 1 John 3:23 | “And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.” |
| 1 John 4:7 | “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.” |
| 1 John 4:11-12 | “Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.” |
| 2 John 5 | “And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.” |