John 13:15

for I have given to you (an) ensample, that as I have done to you, so do ye.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

14Therefore if I, Lord and Master, have washed your feet, and ye shall wash one another’s feet [or ye owe to wash another the other’s feet]; (And so, if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, ye ought to wash one another’s feet;)

16Truly, truly, I say to you, (or Truly, I tell you the truth), the servant is not greater than his lord, neither an apostle is greater than he that sent him.

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Cross References

Romans 15:5But (the) God of patience and of solace give to you to understand the same thing, each into (the) other, after (the example of) Jesus Christ, (And may the God of patience and of solace help you to agree on matters, with one another, after the example of Jesus Christ,)

1 Peter 2:21For to this thing ye be called. For also Christ suffered for us, and left (an) ensample to you, that ye follow the steps of him. (For to this ye be called. For the Messiah also suffered for us, and left an example for you, so that ye follow his steps.)

1 John 2:6He that saith, that he dwelleth in him, he oweth to walk, as he walked. (He who saith, that he remaineth in him, he ought to walk, like he walked.)

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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