Apostle John's reinterpretation of Jesus' twofold commandment?
Jesus' twofold commandment is:
- "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind" and
- "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:37, 39).
Apostle John reinterpreted Jesus' twofold commandment in the First Epistle of John as follows:
- "Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world,
love for the Father is not in them" (1 John 2:15-17) and
- "Love one another. Anyone who does not love remains in death" (1 John 3:11).