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Revised Standard Version
John 15:17
This I command you, to 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!
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 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.
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, so have I loved you; abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. 12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. 17 This I command you, to 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
But Abram said, "O Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Elie'zer of Damascus?"
But Abram said, "O Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Elie'zer of Damascus?"
Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, "Behold, thou hast given me no offspring; and a slave born in my house will be my heir."
And Abram said, "Behold, thou hast given me no offspring; and a slave born in my house will be my heir."
Genesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphra'tes,
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphra'tes,
Genesis 15:19
the land of the Ken'ites, the Ken'izzites, the Kad'monites,
the land of the Ken'ites, the Ken'izzites, the Kad'monites,
Deuteronomy 4:20
But the LORD has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of his own possession, as at this day.
But the LORD has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of his own possession, as at this day.
Judges 6:21
Then the angel of the LORD reached out the tip of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and there sprang up fire from the rock and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.
Then the angel of the LORD reached out the tip of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and there sprang up fire from the rock and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.
Judges 13:20
And when the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar while Mano'ah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.
And when the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar while Mano'ah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.
2 Samuel 22:9
Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
1 Chronicles 21:26
And David built there an altar to the LORD and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD, and he answered him with fire from heaven upon the altar of burnt offering.
And David built there an altar to the LORD and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD, and he answered him with fire from heaven upon the altar of burnt offering.
Isaiah 62:1
For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her vindication goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch.
For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her vindication goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as 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.
