John 15:12
"This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
New Heart English Bible
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 made full.
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 must love one another.
Ephesians 5:2Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, 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 in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from a pure heart fervently:
1 Peter 4:8Above all things be earnest in your love among 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 →