John 15:12
This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.
Revised Version 1895
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 be in you, and that your joy may be fulfilled.
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, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell.
1 Thessalonians 4:9But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;
1 Peter 1:22Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:
1 Peter 4:8above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
1 John 3:11For this is the message which ye 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 →