John 15:12
"This is my command, Love one another as I have loved you.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
In Context
11"I have told you these things that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
13"Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Cross References
John 13:34I give you a new commandment, Love one another!
Ephesians 5:2and to lead lives of love, just as Christ also loved you and gave himself up for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for "an odor of sweetness."
1 Thessalonians 4:9It is not needed that I should write to you about brotherly love; for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
1 Peter 1:22Now that by obedience to the truth you have purified your lives for a brotherly love without hypocrisy, you must love one another from your hearts, fervently.
1 Peter 4:8Above everything have fervent love to one another; for love veils a multitude of sins.
1 John 3:11For this is the message that you have listened to from the beginning, "WE ARE TO 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 →