John 15:17

I am giving you these commands that you may love one another.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

16It wasn’t you who chose me, but I who chose you, and I appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that should remain, so that the Father might grant you whatever you ask in my name.

18If the world hates you, you know that it has first hated me.

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Cross References

1 Peter 2:17Show honor to everyone, love the Lord’s followers, ‘revere God, honor the emperor.’

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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