John 15:12
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, just as I have loved you.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
In Context
11These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may abide in you, and your joy may be full.
13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Cross References
John 13:34A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Ephesians 5:2and walk in love as Christ also hath loved us, and given himself for us, an oblation and sacrifice to God, for an odour of a sweet smell.
1 Thessalonians 4:9Now concerning brotherly love, I have no need to write unto you: for ye yourselves are divinely taught to love one another.
1 Peter 1:22Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth through the Spirit unto fraternal affection undissembled, love each other intensely out of a pure heart:
1 Peter 4:8But above all things have fervent love towards each other: for love will conceal a multitude of faults.
1 John 3:11For this is the commandment which ye 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 →