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John 15:17
This is my command: Love each other.
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Christian Standard Bible®
“This is what I command you: Love one another.
“This is what I command you: Love one another.
King James Version (1611)
These things I commaund you, that ye loue one another.
These things I commaund you, that ye loue one another.
King James Version
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
English Standard Version
These things I command you, so that you will love one another.
These things I command you, so that you will love one another.
New American Standard Bible
"This I command you, that you love one another.
"This I command you, that you love one another.
New Century Version
This is my command: Love each other.
This is my command: Love each other.
Amplified Bible
"This [is what] I command you: that you love and unselfishly seek the best for one another.
"This [is what] I command you: that you love and unselfishly seek the best for one another.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"This I command you, that you love one another.
"This I command you, that you love one another.
Legacy Standard Bible
This I command you, that you love one another.
This I command you, that you love one another.
Berean Standard Bible
This is My command to you: Love one another.
This is My command to you: Love one another.
Contemporary English Version
So I command you to love each other.
So I command you to love each other.
Complete Jewish Bible
This is what I command you: keep loving each other!
This is what I command you: keep loving each other!
Darby Translation
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
Easy-to-Read Version
This is my command: Love each other.
This is my command: Love each other.
Geneva Bible (1587)
These things commaunde I you, that ye loue one another.
These things commaunde I you, that ye loue one another.
George Lamsa Translation
I command these things to you, so that you love one another.
I command these things to you, so that you love one another.
Good News Translation
This, then, is what I command you: love one another.
This, then, is what I command you: love one another.
Lexham English Bible
These things I command you: that you love one another.
These things I command you: that you love one another.
Literal Translation
These things I command you, that you love one another.
These things I command you, that you love one another.
American Standard Version
These things I command you, that ye may love one another.
These things I command you, that ye may love one another.
Bible in Basic English
So this is my law for you: Have love one for another.
So this is my law for you: Have love one for another.
Hebrew Names Version
"I command these things to you, that you may love one another.
"I command these things to you, that you may love one another.
International Standard Version
I am giving you these commandments so that you may love one another."John 15:12;">[xr]
I am giving you these commandments so that you may love one another."John 15:12;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
These I command you, That you love one another.
These I command you, That you love one another.
Murdock Translation
These things I command you, that ye should love one another.
These things I command you, that ye should love one another.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
This commaunde I you, that ye loue together.
This commaunde I you, that ye loue together.
English Revised Version
These things I command you, that ye may love one another.
These things I command you, that ye may love one another.
World English Bible
"I command these things to you, that you may love one another.
"I command these things to you, that you may love one another.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
This I command you, that ye love one another.
This I command you, that ye love one another.
Weymouth's New Testament
"Thus I command you to love one another.
"Thus I command you to love one another.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
These thingis Y comaunde to you, that ye loue togidere.
These thingis Y comaunde to you, that ye loue togidere.
Update Bible Version
These things I command you, that you may love one another.
These things I command you, that you may love one another.
Webster's Bible Translation
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
New English Translation
This I command you—to love one another.
This I command you—to love one another.
New King James Version
These things I command you, that you love one another.
These things I command you, that you love one another.
New Life Bible
"This is what I tell you to do: Love each other.
"This is what I tell you to do: Love each other.
New Revised Standard
I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.
I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
These things, I command you, That ye be loving one another.
These things, I command you, That ye be loving one another.
Douay-Rheims Bible
These things I command you, that you love one another.
These things I command you, that you love one another.
Revised Standard Version
This I command you, to love one another.
This I command you, to love one another.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
This comaunde I you that ye love to gedder.
This comaunde I you that ye love to gedder.
Young's Literal Translation
`These things I command you, that ye love one another;
`These things I command you, that ye love one another;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This I commaunde you, that ye loue one another.
This I commaunde you, that ye loue one another.
Mace New Testament (1729)
Above all I enjoin you, to love one another.
Above all I enjoin you, to love one another.
THE MESSAGE
"But remember the root command: Love one another.
"But remember the root command: Love one another.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Don't forget what I've told you to do—love each other.
Don't forget what I've told you to do—love each other.
Contextual Overview
9 "I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. 10 When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father's commandments and remain in his love. 11 I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! 12 This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. 13 There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn't confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me. 16 You didn't choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name. 17 This is my command: Love each other.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
John 15:12, 1 Peter 2:17, 1 John 3:14-17
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 19:2 - delighted Proverbs 29:27 - General Mark 9:50 - have peace John 13:34 - That ye love Acts 7:26 - ye are Romans 12:10 - kindly 1 Corinthians 16:14 - General 1 Thessalonians 4:9 - for ye 1 Thessalonians 5:13 - and be Hebrews 13:1 - General 1 Peter 1:22 - unto 1 John 5:2 - General
Cross-References
Genesis 15:2
But Abram replied, "O Sovereign Lord , what good are all your blessings when I don't even have a son? Since you've given me no children, Eliezer of Damascus, a servant in my household, will inherit all my wealth.
But Abram replied, "O Sovereign Lord , what good are all your blessings when I don't even have a son? Since you've given me no children, Eliezer of Damascus, a servant in my household, will inherit all my wealth.
Genesis 15:3
You have given me no descendants of my own, so one of my servants will be my heir."
You have given me no descendants of my own, so one of my servants will be my heir."
Genesis 15:18
So the Lord made a covenant with Abram that day and said, "I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River—
So the Lord made a covenant with Abram that day and said, "I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River—
Genesis 15:19
the land now occupied by the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
the land now occupied by the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
Deuteronomy 4:20
Remember that the Lord rescued you from the iron-smelting furnace of Egypt in order to make you his very own people and his special possession, which is what you are today.
Remember that the Lord rescued you from the iron-smelting furnace of Egypt in order to make you his very own people and his special possession, which is what you are today.
Judges 6:21
Then the angel of the Lord touched the meat and bread with the tip of the staff in his hand, and fire flamed up from the rock and consumed all he had brought. And the angel of the Lord disappeared.
Then the angel of the Lord touched the meat and bread with the tip of the staff in his hand, and fire flamed up from the rock and consumed all he had brought. And the angel of the Lord disappeared.
Judges 13:20
As the flames from the altar shot up toward the sky, the angel of the Lord ascended in the fire. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell with their faces to the ground.
As the flames from the altar shot up toward the sky, the angel of the Lord ascended in the fire. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell with their faces to the ground.
2 Samuel 22:9
Smoke poured from his nostrils; fierce flames leaped from his mouth. Glowing coals blazed forth from him.
Smoke poured from his nostrils; fierce flames leaped from his mouth. Glowing coals blazed forth from him.
1 Chronicles 21:26
David built an altar there to the Lord and sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. And when David prayed, the Lord answered him by sending fire from heaven to burn up the offering on the altar.
David built an altar there to the Lord and sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. And when David prayed, the Lord answered him by sending fire from heaven to burn up the offering on the altar.
Isaiah 62:1
Because I love Zion, I will not keep still. Because my heart yearns for Jerusalem, I cannot remain silent. I will not stop praying for her until her righteousness shines like the dawn, and her salvation blazes like a burning torch.
Because I love Zion, I will not keep still. Because my heart yearns for Jerusalem, I cannot remain silent. I will not stop praying for her until her righteousness shines like the dawn, and her salvation blazes like a burning torch.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
These things I command you,.... The doctrines which Christ spake, as one having authority, concerning the vine and branches; his love to his disciples, in laying down his life for them, and in accounting and using them as friends, and not servants; in choosing, ordaining, and sending them forth, for the ends above mentioned; these were delivered by him with this view, to promote brotherly love among them: that ye love one another; this lay much upon his heart, he often mentions it; this is the third time it is expressed by him, in these his last discourses; and indeed, since he had declared such strong love and affection for them, it was but right and proper they should love one another; nor does anything more tend to increase mutual love among the saints, than the consideration of their common interest in the unchangeable love of their Lord.
