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John 15:17
So this is my law for you: Have love one for another.
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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.
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 Living Translation
This is my command: Love each other.
This is my command: Love each other.
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 Even as the Father has given me his love, so I have given my love to you: be ever in my love. 10 If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love. 11 I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete. 12 This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you. 13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do. 15 No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me. 16 You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you. 17 So this is my law for you: Have love one for another.
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
And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me.
And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me.
Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.
And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.
Genesis 15:18
In that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram, and said, To your seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
In that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram, and said, To your seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
Genesis 15:19
The Kenite, the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
The Kenite, the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
Deuteronomy 4:20
But the Lord has taken you out of the flaming fire, out of Egypt, to be to him the people of his heritage, as you are today.
But the Lord has taken you out of the flaming fire, out of Egypt, to be to him the people of his heritage, as you are today.
Judges 6:21
Then the angel of the Lord put out the stick which was in his hand, touching the meat and the cakes with the end of it; and a flame came up out of the rock, burning up the meat and the cakes: and the angel of the Lord was seen no longer.
Then the angel of the Lord put out the stick which was in his hand, touching the meat and the cakes with the end of it; and a flame came up out of the rock, burning up the meat and the cakes: and the angel of the Lord was seen no longer.
Judges 13:20
And when the flame went up to heaven from the altar, the angel of the Lord went up in the flame of the altar, while Manoah and his wife were looking on; and they went down on their faces to the earth.
And when the flame went up to heaven from the altar, the angel of the Lord went up in the flame of the altar, while Manoah and his wife were looking on; and they went down on their faces to the earth.
2 Samuel 22:9
There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it.
There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it.
1 Chronicles 21:26
And David put up an altar there to the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings with prayers to the Lord; and he gave him an answer from heaven, sending fire on the altar of burned offering.
And David put up an altar there to the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings with prayers to the Lord; and he gave him an answer from heaven, sending fire on the altar of burned offering.
Isaiah 62:1
Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.
Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.
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.
