<p>3:23- see on Jn. 17:11.</p><p><em>And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as He gave us commandment</em>- The plural &quot;commandments&quot; of :22 are the singular commandment, to love as He loved because we have believed into His Name. See on :22 and 2:3. If we &quot;believe in the name of&hellip; Jesus Christ&quot;, then we will love one another. To believe the name and to love each other are &quot;his commandment&quot; - singular. They are one and the same thing. This is how direct is the link between truly believing in the name of Jesus, and loving each other. One cannot truly believe in Him, in all that He was, all that He stood and died for, and all that He is&hellip; and not articulate this in some form of love for the brotherhood. Belief in Him can never therefore be a purely intellectual matter of mastering certain doctrines. Belief in Him is to love one another; one cannot believe in Him, truly encounter Him and accept Him, and not live in love.</p>