John 15:12
This is my command, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.
13There is no greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Cross References
John 13:34A new commandment I give to you, that ye be affectionate to each other. As I have loved you, do ye also love one another.
Ephesians 5:2and walk in love; as the Messiah also hath loved us, and hath given up himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God, for a sweet odor.
1 Thessalonians 4:9Now concerning love to the brethren, ye need not that I should write to you; for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
1 Peter 1:22while your minds became sanctified, by obedience to the truth; and ye be full of love, without respect of persons, so that ye love one another out of a pure and perfect heart;
1 Peter 4:8And above all things, have fervent love one towards another; for love covereth a multitude of sins.
1 John 3:11because this is the commandment, which ye heard from the beginning, that ye 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 →