John 15:12
This is My command, that you love one another, according as I loved you;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
In Context
11these things I have spoken to you, that My joy in you may remain, and your joy may be full.
13greater love has no one than this, that anyone may lay down his life for his friends;
Cross References
John 13:34A new command I give to you, that you love one another; according as I loved you, that you also love one another;
Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, as the Christ also loved us, and gave Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a refreshing fragrance,
1 Thessalonians 4:9And concerning the brotherly love, you have no need of [my] writing to you, for you yourselves are God-taught to love one another,
1 Peter 1:22Having purified your souls in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to unhypocritical brotherly love, love one another earnestly out of a pure heart,
1 Peter 4:8Before all things, having earnest love among yourselves, because love covers a multitude of sins;
1 John 3:11because this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we may love one another,
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 →