John 15:12
This is my command – love one another, as I have loved you.
Open English Bible (UK)
In The King James Version
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
In Context
11I have told you all this so that my own joy may be yours, and that your joy may be complete.
13No one can give greater proof of love than by laying down their life for their friends.
Cross References
John 13:34I give you a new commandment – love one another; love one another as I have loved you.
Ephesians 5:2and live a life of love, following the example of the Christ, who loved you and gave himself for you as an offering and a sacrifice to God, that should be fragrant and acceptable.
1 Thessalonians 4:9As to love for each other there is no need to write to you; for you have yourselves been taught by God to love one another;
1 Peter 1:22Now that, by your obedience to the truth, you have purified your lives, so that there is growing up among you a genuine affection, love one another earnestly with all your hearts;
1 Peter 4:8Above all things, let your love for one another be earnest, for “Love throws a veil over countless sins.”
1 John 3:11For this is the message we heard from the beginning: we are to 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 →