New American Standard Bible 2020
John 15:12
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 you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. 11These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full. “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. 13Greater love has no one than this, that a person will lay down his life for his friends. 14You are My friends if you do what 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 13:34I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
- Romans 12:10Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor,
- 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.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12and may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also do for you;
- 1 Thessalonians 4:9Now as to the love of the brothers and sisters, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another;
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is only fitting, because your faith is increasing abundantly, and the love of each and every one of you toward one another grows ever greater.
- 1 Peter 1:22Since you have purified your souls in obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brothers and sisters, fervently love one another from the heart,
- 1 Peter 3:8To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, loving, compassionate, and humble;
- 1 Peter 4:8Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.
- 1 John 2:7Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.
- 1 John 3:11For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we are to love one another;
- 1 John 4:21And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God must also love his brother and sister.
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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Notes
- 1. John 15:12 John 13:34; 15:17; 1 John 3:23; 2 John 5 ↩
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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