John 15:12
This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
In Context
11I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete.
13Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.
Cross References
John 13:34I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.
Ephesians 5:2And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.
1 Thessalonians 4:9But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;
1 Peter 1:22And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:
1 Peter 4:8And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:
1 John 3:11Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for 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 →