John 15:12
'This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
In Context
11these things I have spoken to you, that my joy in you may remain, and your joy may be full.
13greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;
Cross References
John 13:34'A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;
Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,
1 Thessalonians 4:9And concerning the brotherly love, ye have no need of [my] writing to you, for ye yourselves are God-taught to love one another,
1 Peter 1:22Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,
1 Peter 4:8and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;
1 John 3:11because this is the message that ye did hear from the beginning, that we may 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 →