John 15:12
“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
In Context
13Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
Cross References
John 13:34A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.
Ephesians 5:2Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
1 Thessalonians 4:9But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,
1 Peter 1:22Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,
1 Peter 4:8And above all things be earnest in your love amongst yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.
1 John 3:11For this is the message which you 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 →