John 15:12
This is my commandment to you, to love one another as I have loved you.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
In Context
13No one has greater love than this--a man laying down his life for his friends.
Cross References
John 13:34A new commandment I give you, to love one another; that as I have loved you, you also may love one another.
Ephesians 5:2And live and act lovingly, as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up to death on our behalf as an offering and sacrifice to God, yielding a fragrant odor.
1 Thessalonians 4:9But on the subject of love for the brotherhood it is unnecessary for me to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another;
1 Peter 1:22Now that, through your obedience to the truth, you have purified your souls for cherishing sincere brotherly love, you must love another heartily and fervently.
1 Peter 4:8Above all continue to love one another fervently, for love throws a veil over a multitude of faults.
1 John 3:11For this is the Message you have heard from the beginning--that 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 →