John 15:12
“This is my commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.
Text-Critical English NT
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 these things so that my joy may abide in you, and so that your joy may be full.
13No one has greater love than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
Cross References
John 13:34I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you must love one another.
Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
1 Thessalonians 4:9Now concerning brotherly love, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
1 Peter 1:22Since you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth through the Spirit, resulting in genuine brotherly love, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
1 Peter 4:8Above all, maintain a deep love for one another, because love will cover a multitude of sins.
1 John 3:11For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should 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 →