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Noun entolē (commandment) in the Gospels-Acts
(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Matthew
| 5: 19 | Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments (entolē), and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. |
| 15: 3 | He answered them, "And why do you break the commandment (entolē) of God for the sake of your tradition? |
| 19: 17 | And he said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments (entolē)." |
| 22: 36 | "Teacher, which commandment (entolē) in the law is the greatest?" |
| 22: 38 | This is the greatest and first commandment (entolē). |
| 22: 40 | On these two commandments (entolē) hang all the law and the prophets." |
Mark
| 7: 8 | You abandon the commandment (entolē) of God and hold to human tradition." |
| 7: 9 | Then he said to them, "You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment (entolē) of God in order to keep your tradition! |
| 10: 5 | But Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote this commandment (entolē) for you. |
| 10: 19 | You know the commandments (entolē): 'You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; You shall not defraud; Honor your father and mother.'" |
| 12: 28 | One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, he asked him, "Which commandment (entolē) is the first of all?" |
| 12: 31 | The second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment (entolē) greater than these." |
Luke
| 1: 6 | Both of them were righteous before God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments (entolē) and regulations of the Lord. |
| 15: 29 | But he answered his father, 'Listen! For all these years I have been working like a slave for you, and I have never disobeyed your commandment (entolē); yet you have never given me even a young goat so that I might celebrate with my friends. |
| 18: 20 | You know the commandments (entolē): 'You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; Honor your father and mother.'" |
| 23: 56 | Then they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the sabbath they rested according to the commandment (entolē). |
John
| 10: 18 | No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. I have received this commandment (entolē) from my Father." |
| 11: 57 | Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandments (entolē) that anyone who knew where Jesus was should let them know, so that they might arrest him. |
| 12: 49 | for I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment (entolē) about what to say and what to speak. |
| 12: 50 | And I know that his commandment (entolē) is eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me." |
| 13: 34 | I give you a new commandment (entolē), that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. |
| 14: 15 | "If you love me, you will keep my commandments (entolē). |
| 14: 21 | They who have my commandments (entolē) and keep them are those who love me; and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them." |
| 15: 10 | If you keep my commandments (entolē), you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments (entolē) and abide in his love. |
| 15: 12 | "This is my commandment (entolē), that you love one another as I have loved you. |
Acts
| 17: 15 | Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and after receiving commandments (entolē) to have Silas and Timothy join him as soon as possible, they left him. |
1 John
| 2: 3 | Now by this we may be sure that we know him, if we obey his commandments (entolē). |
| 2: 4 | Whoever says, "I have come to know him," but does not obey his commandments (entolē), is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist; |
| 2: 7 | Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment (entolē), but an old commandment (entolē) that you have had from the beginning; the old commandment (entolē) is the word that you have heard. |
| 2: 8 | Yet I am writing you a new commandment (entolē) that is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. |
| 3: 22 | and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments (entolē) and do what pleases him. |
| 3: 23 | And this is his commandment (entolē), that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, according to the commandment (entolē) he gave us. |
| 3: 24 | All who obey his commandments (entolē) abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit that he has given us. |
| 4: 21 | The commandment (entolē) we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also. |
| 5: 2 | By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments (entolē). |
| 5: 3 | For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments (entolē). And his commandments (entolē) are not burdensome, |
2 John
| 1: 4 | I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, according to the commandment (entolē) we have received from the Father. |
| 1: 5 | But now, dear lady, I ask you, not as though I were writing you a new commandment (entolē), but one we have had from the beginning, let us love one another. |
| 1: 6 | And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments (entolē); this is the commandment (entolē) just as you have heard it from the beginning - you must walk in it. |
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