Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. New Living Translation This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. English Standard Version “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Berean Standard Bible This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Berean Literal Bible This is My commandment, that you love one another as I loved you. King James Bible This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. New King James Version This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. New American Standard Bible “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. NASB 1995 “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. NASB 1977 “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. Legacy Standard Bible “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. Amplified Bible “This is My commandment, that you love and unselfishly seek the best for one another, just as I have loved you. Christian Standard Bible “This is my command: Love one another as I have loved you. Holman Christian Standard Bible This is My command: Love one another as I have loved you. American Standard Version This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. Contemporary English Version Now I tell you to love each other, as I have loved you. English Revised Version This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. GOD'S WORD® Translation Love each other as I have loved you. This is what I'm commanding you to do. Good News Translation My commandment is this: love one another, just as I love you. International Standard Version "This is my commandment: that you love one another as I have loved you. Majority Standard Bible This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. NET Bible My commandment is this--to love one another just as I have loved you. New Heart English Bible "This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. Webster's Bible Translation This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Weymouth New Testament This is my commandment to you, to love one another as I have loved you. World English Bible “This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThis is My command, that you love one another, according as I loved you; Berean Literal Bible This is My commandment, that you love one another as I loved you. Young's Literal Translation 'This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you; Smith's Literal Translation This is my command, That ye love one another, as I loved you. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThis is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you. Catholic Public Domain Version This is my precept: that you love one another, just as I have loved you. New American Bible This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. New Revised Standard Version “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThis is my commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “This is my commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.” NT Translations Anderson New TestamentThis is my commandment: That you love one another, as I have loved you. Godbey New Testament Haweis New Testament This is my commandment, That ye love one another, just as I have loved you. Mace New Testament this is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you. Weymouth New Testament This is my commandment to you, to love one another as I have loved you. Worrell New Testament Worsley New Testament Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context No Greater Love…11I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. 12This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.… Cross References 1 John 3:23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us. 1 John 4:21 And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well. John 13:34-35 A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. / By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.” Romans 13:8 Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. 1 Peter 1:22 Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart. 1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 1 John 3:11 This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. Ephesians 5:2 and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God. 1 Thessalonians 4:9 Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another. Galatians 5:14 The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Matthew 22:39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. / It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. / Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. ... Colossians 3:14 And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity. 1 John 2:10 Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him. 1 John 4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. Treasury of Scripture This is my commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you. John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. Romans 12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; Ephesians 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. Jump to Previous Command Commandment LoveJump to Next Command Commandment LoveJohn 15 1. The union of Jesus and his members shown under the parable of a vine.18. The hatred of the world. 26. The office of the Holy Spirit. This is My commandment The phrase "This is My commandment" underscores the authority of Jesus as the divine lawgiver. The Greek word for "commandment" is "ἐντολή" (entolē), which signifies an authoritative prescription. In the context of the Gospel of John, Jesus is not merely offering advice or a suggestion; He is issuing a divine mandate. This commandment is central to the Christian faith, reflecting the heart of Jesus' teachings. Historically, commandments were seen as binding and non-negotiable, akin to the Ten Commandments given to Moses. Here, Jesus elevates the act of love to the same level of importance, indicating its foundational role in the life of a believer. that you love one another as I have loved you Parallel Commentaries ... Greek ThisΑὕτη (Hautē) Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it. is ἐστὶν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. My ἐμὴ (emē) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Feminine 1st Person Singular Strong's 1699: My, mine. From the oblique cases of ego; my. commandment, ἐντολὴ (entolē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 1785: An ordinance, injunction, command, law. From entellomai; injunction, i.e. An authoritative prescription. that ἵνα (hina) Conjunction Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that. you love ἀγαπᾶτε (agapate) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love. one another ἀλλήλους (allēlous) Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 240: One another, each other. Genitive plural from allos reduplicated; one another. as καθὼς (kathōs) Adverb Strong's 2531: According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that. I have loved ἠγάπησα (ēgapēsa) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love. you. ὑμᾶς (hymas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. 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