John 13:15

For, an example, have I given you,—that, just as, I, did unto you, ye also, should be doing.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

In Context

14If then, I, have washed your feet,—[I] The Lord, and, The Teacher, ye also, ought to wash, one another’s, feet;

16Verily, verily, I say unto you—A servant is not greater than his lord, neither one sent forth greater than he that sent him.

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Cross References

Romans 15:5Now may, the God of the endurance and of the encouragement, give you, the same thing, to be regarding amongst one another, according to Christ Jesus;

1 Peter 2:21For, hereunto, have ye been called; because, Christ also, suffered in your behalf, unto you, leaving behind a pattern, that ye might follow in his steps:

1 John 2:6He that saith, that, in him, he abideth, ought, just as He walked, himself also, to be walking.

Matthew Henry on John 13:2-18

Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet; Necessity of Obedience. 1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. 2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; 3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; 4 He riseth from… Read the whole commentary →

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