John 13:15
For I have given you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
In Context
14So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.
Cross References
Romans 15:5Now may the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to have the same mind toward one another, following the example of Christ Jesus,
1 Peter 2:21For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving an example so that you could follow in his footsteps.
1 John 2:6Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk just as he walked.
Matthew Henry on John 13:2-18
Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet; Necessity of Obedience. 1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. 2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; 3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; 4 He riseth from… Read the whole commentary →