John 15:17

These things I command you so that you love one another.

Family 35 New Testament

In The King James Version

These things I command you, that ye love one another.

In Context

16It was not you who chose me but I who chose you, and I appointed you so that you should go and produce fruit, and that your fruit should endure, so that whatever you may ask the Father in my name He may give you.

18“When the world hates you, you can be sure that it has hated me first.

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Cross References

1 Peter 2:17Respect everyone; love the brotherhood; fear God; honor the king.

Matthew Henry on John 15:10-18

Christ's Love to His Disciples. 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my… Read the whole commentary →

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