John 15:12
This is my commandment, that you may love one another, as I loved you.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
In Context
11I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
13No one has greater love than this, that he may lay down his soul for his friends.
Cross References
John 13:34I give unto a new commandment, That you must love one another with divine love; as I have loved you with divine love, that you must also love one another with divine love:
Ephesians 5:2and walk about in divine love, as Christ also loved you, and gave himself for you, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet savor.
1 Thessalonians 4:9But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another with divine love;
1 Peter 1:22Having purified your souls through obedience of the truth unto unhypocritical, brotherly love, fervently from the heart love one another with divine love:
1 Peter 4:8before all things having divine love stedfast toward one another; because divine love covers a multitude of sins:
1 John 3:11Because this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we must 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 →