John 15:12 (KJV)
“This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.”
John 15:12 is verse of the day number 300 of 366 on Lampfold, under the theme “Love as He loved”. It comes from John 15, and 10 other passages connected to it are listed below.
John 15:12 in other translations
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.
American Standard Version (ASV)
John 15:12 in context
John 15:9–15 (KJV). The verse of the day is highlighted.
9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
11These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
Cross-references for John 15:12
Passages most often linked to John 15:12, strongest connections first.
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
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.
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous. Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. …
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