John 13:34

John 13:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
• New International Version (NIV)“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
• English Standard Version (ESV)A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
• New King James Version (NKJV)A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

Context of John 13:34

32if God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately. 33Little children, I am still with you a little longer. You will look for Me; and just as I said to the Jews, now I also say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’ I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another.” 36Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, where are You going?” Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now; but you will follow later.”

John 13:34 word by word

Ἐντολὴν καινὴν δίδωμι ὑμῖν ἵνα ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους, καθὼς ἠγάπησα ὑμᾶς ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους.Read the interlinear

• I am givingδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• newκαινόςkainos · newG2537
• commandmentἐντολήentolē · commandmentG1785
• that you loveἀγαπάωagapaō · to loveG25
• oneἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240
• you, that you alsoκαίkai · andG2532

Cross-references for John 13:34

• Galatians 6:2Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ.
• 1 John 2:8On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true Light is already shining.
• 1 John 3:14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death.
• 2 John 1:5Now I ask you, lady, not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.
• John 15:12“This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.
• John 17:21that they may all be one; just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
• Leviticus 19:18You shall not take vengeance, nor hold any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord.
• Psalms 16:3As for the saints who are on the earth, They are the majestic ones; all my delight is in them.
• Psalms 119:63I am a companion to all those who fear You, And to those who keep Your precepts.
• Romans 12:10Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor,
• 1 Corinthians 12:26And if one part of the body suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if a part is honored, all the parts rejoice with it.
• 1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant.
• Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love.
• Galatians 6:10So then, while we have opportunity, let’s do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith.
• Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.
• Philippians 2:1Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,

Commentaries on John 13:34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34A new commandment I give unto you - In what sense are we to understand that this was a new commandment? Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, was a positive precept of the law, Leviticus 19:18, and it is the very same that Christ repeats here; how then was it new? Our Lord answers this question, Even As I have loved you. Now Christ more than fulfilled the Mosaic precept; he not only loved his neighbor As himself, but he loved him More than himself, for…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34A new commandment - This command he gave them as he was about to leave them, to be a badge of discipleship, by which they might be known as his friends and followers, and by which they might be distinguished from all others. It is called new, not because there was no command before which required people to love their fellow-man, for one great precept of the law was that they should love their neighbor as themselves Leviticus 19:18; but it was new because…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-35Verses 31-35 Christ had been glorified in many miracles he wrought, yet he speaks of his being glorified now in his sufferings, as if that were more than all his other glories in his humbled state. Satisfaction was thereby made for the wrong done to God by the sin of man. We cannot now follow our Lord to his heavenly happiness, but if we truly believe in him, we shall follow him hereafter; meanwhile we must wait his time, and do his work. Before Christ…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34-35The command for the disciples to love one another was not new (see Leviticus 19:18). However, loving each other as Jesus loved was a dramatic change. Jesus showed his love for God through perfect obedience (John 14:31). Now, he commanded that disciples show their love for him through committed obedience.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33-3533-35. Little children--From the height of His own glory He now descends, with sweet pity, to His "little children," all now His own. This term of endearment, nowhere else used in the Gospels, and once only employed by Paul (Ga 4:19), is appropriated by the beloved disciple himself, who no fewer than seven times employs it in his first Epistle. Ye shall seek me--feel the want of Me. as I said to the Jews--(Joh 7:34; 8:21). But oh in what a different sense!Read the comment

Topics related to John 13:34

• Church
• Commandments
• Example
• Fellowship
• Fraternity
• Jesus, the Christ
• Love

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Commentaries on John 13

• 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
• 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