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The Darby Translation
John 15:17
These things I command you, that ye love one 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!
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 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 As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you: abide in my love. 10 If ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love, as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11 I have spoken these things to you that my joy may be in you, and your joy be full. 12 This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13 No one has greater love than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my friends if ye practise whatever I command you. 15 I call you no longer bondmen, for the bondman does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things which I have heard of my Father I have made known to you. 16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and have set you that ye should go and [that] ye should bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide, that whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he may give you. 17 These things I command you, that ye love one 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, Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me? seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus.
And Abram said, Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me? seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus.
Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, Lo, to me thou hast given no seed, and behold, a son of my house will be mine heir.
And Abram said, Lo, to me thou hast given no seed, and behold, a son of my house will be mine heir.
Genesis 15:18
On the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates;
On the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates;
Genesis 15:19
the Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
the Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
Deuteronomy 4:20
But you hath Jehovah taken, and hath brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, that ye might be to him a people of inheritance, as it is this day.
But you hath Jehovah taken, and hath brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, that ye might be to him a people of inheritance, as it is this day.
Judges 6:21
And the Angel of Jehovah put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. And the Angel of Jehovah departed out of his sight.
And the Angel of Jehovah put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. And the Angel of Jehovah departed out of his sight.
Judges 13:20
And it came to pass, as the flame went up from off the altar towards the heavens, that the Angel of Jehovah ascended in the flame of the altar; and Manoah and his wife looked on, and fell on their faces to the ground.
And it came to pass, as the flame went up from off the altar towards the heavens, that the Angel of Jehovah ascended in the flame of the altar; and Manoah and his wife looked on, and fell on their faces to the ground.
2 Samuel 22:9
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals burned forth from it.
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals burned forth from it.
1 Chronicles 21:26
And David built there an altar to Jehovah, and offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him from the heavens by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering.
And David built there an altar to Jehovah, and offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him from the heavens by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering.
Isaiah 62:1
For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be still, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a torch that burneth.
For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be still, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a torch that burneth.
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.
