THE “ONE ANOTHER” COMMANDS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
CATEGORY 1: LOVE & AFFECTION
John 13:34 “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.”
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 13:8 “Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.”
1 Thessalonians 4:9 “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 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 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 “Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.”
2 John 1:5 “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.”
Romans 12:10 “Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.”
Romans 12:10 “Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.”
Total in Category 1: 13
CATEGORY 2: SPEECH & TRUTH
Romans 1:12 “That is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.”
1 Thessalonians 4:18 “Therefore encourage one another with these words.”
1 Thessalonians 5:11 “Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.”
Hebrews 3:13 “But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called ‘today,’ that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.”
Hebrews 10:25 “Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”
1 Thessalonians 5:11 “Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.”
Romans 14:19 “So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.”
Colossians 3:16 “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom…”
Romans 15:14 “I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.”
Colossians 3:16 “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom…”
Ephesians 4:25 “Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.”
Colossians 3:9 “Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices…”
James 5:16 “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed.”
James 5:16 “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed.”
Romans 16:16 “Greet one another with a holy kiss.”
1 Corinthians 16:20 “Greet one another with a holy kiss.”
2 Corinthians 13:12 “Greet one another with a holy kiss.”
1 Peter 5:14 “Greet one another with the kiss of love.”
Total in Category 2: 19
CATEGORY 3: PATIENCE & FORGIVENESS
Colossians 3:13 “Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other…”
Ephesians 4:2 “With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love…”
Ephesians 4:32 “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.”
Colossians 3:13 “Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other…”
Ephesians 4:32 “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.”
Ephesians 4:32 “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.”
James 5:9 “Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged…”
James 4:11 “Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law.”
Total in Category 3: 8
CATEGORY 4: HUMILITY & SERVICE
Galatians 5:13 “For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.”
Galatians 6:2 “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”
Ephesians 5:21 “Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.”
1 Corinthians 12:25 “That there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.”
John 13:14 “If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.”
1 Peter 4:9 “Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.”
1 Peter 4:10 “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace.”
1 Peter 5:5 “Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for ‘God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.'”
Philippians 2:3 “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.”
Galatians 5:26 “Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.”
Galatians 5:26 “Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.”
Total in Category 4: 11
CATEGORY 5: UNITY & PEACE
Romans 12:16 “Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.”
1 Peter 3:8 “Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.”
Romans 15:7 “Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.”
Romans 14:13 “Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.”
1 Thessalonians 5:13 “Be at peace among yourselves.”
Mark 9:50 “Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
Galatians 5:15 “But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.”
Romans 15:5 “May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus…”
1 Corinthians 11:33 “So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.”
2 Corinthians 1:4 “Who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction…”
1 Thessalonians 4:18 “Therefore encourage one another with these words.”
Total in Category 5: 11
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