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NASB					1 John 3:23 ¶ This³⁷⁷⁸ is His commandment¹⁷⁸⁵, that we ¹ ^Abelieve⁴¹⁰⁰ in ^Bthe name³⁶⁸⁶ of His Son⁵²⁰⁷ Jesus²⁴²⁴ Christ⁵⁵⁴⁷, and love²⁵ one²⁴⁰ another²⁴⁰, just^2531a as ^CHe ²commanded¹³²⁵^,¹⁷⁸⁵ us.
AMPLIFIED 2015					1 John 3:23 ¶ This is His commandment, that we believe [with personal faith and confident trust] in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and [that we unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, just as He commanded us.

NASB Translator's Notes:
Literal renderings, alternate translations or explanations.

Or believe the name

Lit gave us a commandment

NASB Cross References:
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John 6:29 Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent."

John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name,

John 13:34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

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Greek Heb.

agapaô; of unc. or.; to love:--beloved(8), felt a love for(1), love(1), love(75), loved(38), loves(20).

240

allêlôn; a recip. pron.; of one another:--another(1), each(1), each other(1), one another(90), one another's(2), other's(1), themselves(1), together*(2), yourselves(1).

1325

didômi; redupl. from the root do-; to give (in various senses lit. or fig.):--add(1), allow(2), bestowed(4), cause(2), commanded*(1), dealing(1), drew(1), gave(79), give(122), given(117), gives(14), giving(12), grant(15), granted(10), granting(2), leave(1), make(1), offer(2), pass(1), pay(5), permitted(1), pour(1), poured(1), produce(1), produces(1), producing(1), put(6), puts(1), putting(1), show(1), struck*(1), utter(1), venture*(1), yielded(3).

1785

entolê; from 1781; an injunction, order, command:--command(2), commanded*(1), commandment(38), commandments(23), instructions(1), orders(1), requirement(1).

2424

Iêsous; of Heb. or. [3091]; Jesus or Joshua, the name of the Messiah, also three other Isr.:--Jesus(904), Jesus'(7), Joshua(3).

2531a

kathôs; from 2596 and 5613; according as, just as:--according(1), even(13), even so(1), how(2), just(92), only(1), proportion(1), so(2), what(1).

3686

onoma; a prim. word; a name, authority, cause:--called(1), name(175), name's(7), named(34), names(8), people(1), people*(1), persons(1).

3778

houtos,
hautê,
touto; prob. from a redupl. of 3588, used as a demonstrative pron.; this:--afterward*(3), especially(1), fact(2), follow*(1), here*(1), hereafter*(1), man(1), now*(1), one(2), one whom(1), partly*(1), person(1), present(1), same(1), so(1), so then*(1), so*(1), some(2), such(2), therefore*(16), these(179), these...things(1), these men(10), these people(1), these things(192), this(737), this man(56), this man's(2), this one(4), this reason*(1), this thing(2), this way(1), this woman(4), this*(1), this...thing(1), those(2), those things(1), very(3), very thing(2), who(2), whom(1).

4100

pisteuô; from 4102; to believe, entrust:--believe(118), believed(73), believers(3), believes(29), believing(10), do(1), entrust(1), entrusted(6), entrusting(1), has faith(1).

5207

huios; a prim. word; a son:--attendants(3), foal(1), man(1), son(1), son(307), sons(68).

5547

Christos; from 5548; the Anointed One, Messiah, Christ:--Christ(516), Christ's(11), Messiah(4).

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