John 13:15
For I gave you an example, that as I did to you, ye also should do.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
In Context
14If I then, the Master and the Teacher, washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
Cross References
Romans 15:5And the God of patience and consolation grant you to be of the same mind one with another, according to Christ Jesus;
1 Peter 2:21For to this ye were called; because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps;
1 John 2:6He that says he abides in him ought, as he walked, himself also so to walk.
Matthew Henry on John 13:2-18
Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet; Necessity of Obedience. 1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. 2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; 3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; 4 He riseth from… Read the whole commentary →