John 13:15
For I gave to you an example, that, according as I did to you, you also may do;
Literal Standard Version
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 then I washed your feet—the LORD and the Teacher—you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
Cross References
Romans 15:5And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus,
1 Peter 2:21for to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving to you an example, that you may follow His steps,
1 John 2:6He who is saying he remains in Him, himself ought to also walk according as He walked.
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 →