American Standard Version
John 15:12
12This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.
John 15:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
- New International Version (NIV)My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Context of John 15:12
10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. 11These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full. This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. 13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.
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αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐντολὴ ἡ ἐμὴ ἵνα ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους καθὼς ἠγάπησα ὑμᾶς.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for John 15:12
- 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.
- Romans 12:10In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring 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 odor of a sweet smell.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you;
- 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;
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;
- 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 3:8Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:
- 1 Peter 4:8above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
- 1 John 2:7Beloved, no new commandment write I unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye heard.
- 1 John 3:11For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:
- 1 John 4:21And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.
Commentaries on John 15:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12That ye love one another - See on John 13:34; (note). So deeply was thus commandment engraved on the heart of this evangelist that St. Jerome says, lib. iii. c. 6, Com. ad Galat., that in his extreme old age, when he used to be carried to the public assemblies of the believers, his constant saying was, Little children, love one another. His disciples, wearied at last with the constant repetition of the same words, asked him, Why he constantly said the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12This is my commandment - The special law of Christianity, called hence “the new commandment.” See the notes at John 13:34. As I have loved you - That is, with the same tender affection, willing to endure trials, to practice self-denials, and, if need be, to lay down your lives for each other, 1 John 3:16.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-17Verses 9-17 Those whom God loves as a Father, may despise the hatred of all the world. As the Father loved Christ, who was most worthy, so he loved his disciples, who were unworthy. All that love the Saviour should continue in their love to him, and take all occasions to show it. The joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment, but the joy of those who abide in Christ's love is a continual feast. They are to show their love to him by keeping his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13This is My commandment … love each other: See 13:34. Jesus demonstrated his love by sacrificing his life at the cross.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1612-16. That ye love one another, &c.--(See on Joh 13:34, 35).Read the comment
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Commentaries on John 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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