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 obey my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. 11I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete. My commandment is this – to love one another just as I have loved you. 13No one has greater love than this – that one lays down his life for his friends. 14You are my friends if you do what I command you.

John 15:12 word by word

αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐντολὴ ἡ ἐμὴ ἵνα ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους καθὼς ἠγάπησα ὑμᾶς.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• myἐμόςemos · mineG1699
• commandmentἐντολήentolē · commandmentG1785
• Thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• ye loveἀγαπάωagapaō · to loveG25
• one anotherἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240
• asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• youσύsu · youG4771

Cross-references for John 15:12

• John 13:34“I give you a new commandment – to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
• Romans 12:10Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another.
• Ephesians 5:2and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:12And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,
• 1 Thessalonians 4:9Now on the topic of brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:3We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.
• 1 Peter 1:22You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.
• 1 Peter 3:8Finally, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, affectionate, compassionate, and humble.
• 1 Peter 4:8Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.
• 1 John 2:7Dear friends, 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 that you have already heard.
• 1 John 3:11For this is the gospel message that you have heard from the beginning: that we should love one another,
• 1 John 4:21And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too.

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

Topics related to John 15:12

• Commandments
• Fellowship
• Fraternity
• Jesus, the Christ
• Love
• Righteousness

In the dictionaries

• Cloke
• Herein
• Atonement
• Comforter
• Commandment; Commandments
• Communion; (fellowship)
• Holy Spirit
• Jesus Christ
• Johannine Theology
• John, Gospel of

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