John 15:12
This is my mitzvah for you, that you have ahavah (agape) one for the other, as I have ahavah (agape) for you.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
In Context
Cross References
John 13:34A mitzvah chadasha I give to you, that you have ahavah (agape) one for the other, as I have had ahavah (agape) for you, so also you have ahavah (agape) one for the other. + 13:34 Lv 19:18
Ephesians 5:2And fier zich (comport oneself) in your derech in ahavah, as also Moshiach had ahavah for us and gave Himself up on behalf of us as a korban and zevach to Hashem for a RE'ACH HANNICHOACH + 5:2 Gn 8:21 (a pleasant aroma).
1 Thessalonians 4:9Concerning the matter of ahavah shel achvah (brotherly love), you have no need that we write you, for you yourselves are limudei Elohim (taught of G-d) to have ahavah (agape) one for another.
1 Peter 1:22Having purified your nefashot (souls) by mishma'at + 1:22 see 1:2 (obedience) to HaEmes, resulting in ahavah shel achvah (brotherly love) without tzevi'ut (hypocrisy), have fervent ahavah (agape) for one another, from a lev tahor.
1 Peter 4:8Above all else, have fervent ahavah among yourselves, for AHAVAH KOL PEYSHA'IM T'CHASSEH + 4:8 Prov 10:12 (love covers all wrongs).
1 John 3:11Because this is the divrei Torah which we heard from the beginning, that we have ahavah one for 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 →