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Berean Standard Bible

“This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.”

1 John 3:11

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Study note

In this section John contrasts children of God with children of the devil, and the test he returns to is love. The message he refers to is not new teaching but what his readers have heard since they first believed.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

World English Bible (WEB)

For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;

King James Version (KJV)

For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

American Standard Version (ASV)

For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

because this is the message that you did hear from the beginning, that we may love one another,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Porque este es el mensaje que habéis oído desde el principio: Que nos amemos unos á otros.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Desde el principio se nos ha enseñado que debemos amarnos unos a otros.

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