the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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John 13:35
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All people will know that you are my followers if you love each other."
By this shall all me knowe yt ye are my disciples yf ye shall have love one to another.
By this everyone will know that you are my talmidim, if you have love for one another."
This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."1 John 2:5; 4:20;">[xr]
"By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another."
All people will know that you are my followers if you love each other."
By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one to another.
By this shall all [men] know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
It is by this that every one will know that you are my disciples--if you love one another."
In this thing alle men schulen knowe, that ye ben my disciplis, if ye han loue togidere.
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another."
"By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love and unselfish concern for one another."
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
By this it will be clear to all men that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.
Everyone will know that you are my talmidim by the fact that you have love for each other."
By this shall all know that ye are disciples of mine, if ye have love amongst yourselves.
By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if love be in you one for another.
By this will every one know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love for each other.
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if yee haue loue one to another.
Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples."
If you love each other, all men will know you are My followers."
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."
By this shall all men knowe that ye are my disciples, if ye haue loue one to another.
By this every man shall know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.
By this, shall all men take knowledge, that, my disciples, ye are, - If ye have, love, one to another.
By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.
By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."
By this shall all men knowe that ye are my disciples, yf ye haue loue one to another.
If you have love for one another, then everyone will know that you are my disciples."
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples—if you have love for one another."
By this all shall know that you are My disciples, if you have love among one another.
in this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.'
By this shal euery man knowe that ye are my disciples, yf ye haue loue one to another.
by this mutual love shall all men know that you are my disciples.
Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples—if you have love for one another."
By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
Anyone can claim to be one of my cowboys. This will be the proof. If you don't love each other, then you're a counterfeit cowboy."
"By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
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John 17:21, Genesis 13:7, Genesis 13:8, Acts 4:32-35, Acts 5:12-14, 1 John 2:5, 1 John 2:10, 1 John 3:10-14, 1 John 4:20, 1 John 4:21
Reciprocal: Genesis 45:24 - See that Psalms 133:1 - how good Matthew 5:45 - ye Mark 9:50 - have peace Luke 6:35 - and ye John 15:8 - so John 17:23 - the Romans 12:10 - kindly 1 Corinthians 1:10 - that ye 1 Corinthians 16:14 - General 1 Thessalonians 4:9 - touching 1 Thessalonians 5:13 - and be Hebrews 13:1 - General 1 Peter 1:22 - unto 1 Peter 2:17 - Love 2 Peter 1:7 - brotherly 1 John 3:11 - that we 1 John 3:14 - because 1 John 3:19 - hereby 1 John 5:2 - General 2 John 1:5 - that we
Gill's Notes on the Bible
By this shall all men know,.... Not only by this you yourselves will know that ye have passed from death to life, that the true work of grace is begun upon your hearts; nor only by this will you know one another to be Christians; but by this all men, even the men of the world will know,
that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another: and own and acknowledge it, as Tertullian n says the very Heathens did in his time; who would say, when they saw the Christians pass along the streets, and meet and express their affection to each other, "see how they love one another": would to God the same was as observable now. The distinguishing badge and character of a disciple of Christ, is not any outward garb, or any austerities of life, by which the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were known; nor were the ordinary nor extraordinary gifts of the Spirit, bestowed upon the disciples of Christ, what distinguished them as such; since those who were not truly his disciples, had these bestowed on them; but love to one another, brotherly love was the distinguishing character, and this is another reason or argument enforcing a regard unto it.
n Apolog. c. 39.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
By this shall all men ... - That is, your love for each other shall be so decisive evidence that you are like the Saviour, that all people shall see and know it. It shall be the thing by which you shall be known among all men. You shall not be known by special rites or habits; not by a special form of dress or manner of speech; not by special austerities and unusual customs, like the Pharisees, the Essenes, or the scribes, but by deep, genuine, and tender affection. And it is well known it was this which eminently distinguished the first Christians, and was the subject of remark by the surrounding pagans. “See,” said the pagan, “see how they love one another! They are ready to lay down their lives for each other.” Alas! how changed is the spirit of the Christian world since then! Perhaps, of all the commands of Jesus, the observance of this is that which is least apparent to a surrounding world. It is not so much that they are divided into different sects, for this may be consistent with love for each other; but it is the want of deep-felt, genuine love toward Christians even of our own denomination; the absence of genuine self-denial; the pride of rank and wealth; and the fact that professed Christians are often known by anything else rather than by true attachment to those who bear the same Christian name and image. The true Christian loves religion wherever it is found equally in a prince or in a slave, in the mansion of wealth or in the cottage of poverty, on the throne or in the hut of want. He overlooks the distinction of sect, of color, and of nations; and wherever he finds a man who bears the Christian name and manifests the Christian spirit, he loves him. And this, more and more as the millennium draws near, will be the special badge of the professed children of God. Christians will love their own denominations less than they love the spirit and temper of the Christian, wherever it may be found.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse John 13:35. By this shall all men know, c.] From this time forward, this mutual and disinterested love shall become the essential and distinctive mark of all my disciples. When they love one another with pure hearts, fervently, even unto death, then shall it fully appear that they are disciples of that person who laid down his life for his sheep, and who became, by dying, a ransom for all.
The disciples of different teachers were known by their habits, or some particular creed or rite, or point of austerity, which they had adopted but the disciples of Christ were known by this love which they bore to each other. The primitive Christians were particularly known by this among the Gentiles. Tertullian, in his Apology, gives us their very words: Vide, inquiunt, ut se diligunt; et pro alterutro mori parati sunt. "See, said they, how they love one another, and are ready to lay down their lives for each other."
