John 13:34

Now I am giving you a new commandment: You must love each other. You must love each other in the way that I have loved you.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

In Context

33You whom I love as though you were my children, I will continue with you only a short time longer. Then you will look for me, but I will not be here. Just like I told the Jewish leaders [SYN], I am telling you now, that where I am going, you cannot come yet.

35If you keep loving each other, everyone who is aware of that [HYP] will know that you are my disciples.”

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:34You must treat them like you treat your fellow-citizens. Love them like you love yourselves, and do not forget that once, when you were foreigners in Egypt, you were badly mistreated by the people of Egypt. I, Yahweh your God, am commanding you to do this.

Psalms 119:63I am a friend of all those who revere you, those who obey ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►.

John 15:17I repeat what I have commanded you: Love each other.”

Romans 12:10Love one another as members of the same family do; and, you should be ◄the first ones/eager► to honor each other!

1 Corinthians 13:4Those who [PRS] truly love others act patiently and kindly toward them. Those who [PRS] truly love others are not jealous of them, they do not boast about what they themselves have done, and are not proud.

Galatians 5:13My fellow believers, God chose you in order that you might live without having to obey rules and rituals. But do not assume that because you are free from having to obey rules and rituals, God permits you to do whatever your self-directed nature desires. Instead, constantly, as you love each other, serve each other.

Matthew Henry on John 13:32-36

Christ's Departure Predicted. 31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. 33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you. 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35 By… Read the whole commentary →

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