John 15:12

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
This	αὕτη hautē	G3778	the he (she or it) · demonstrative pronoun — nominative singular feminine
is	ἐστί estí	G2076	he (she or it) is
my	ἐμός emós	G1699	my
commandment	ἐντολὴ entolē	G1785	injunction · noun — nominative singular feminine
That	ἵνα ina	G2443	compare G3588 (ὁ)) · preposition
ye love	ἀγαπᾶτε agapate	G25	to love (in a social or moral sense) · verb — present active subjunctive, 2nd person plural
one another	ἀλλήλους allēlous	G240	one another · reciprocal pronoun — accusative plural masculine
as	καθὼς kathōs	G2531	just (or inasmuch) as · conjunction
I have loved	ἠγάπησα ēgapēsa	G25	to love (in a social or moral sense) · verb — aorist active indicative, 1st person singular
you	ὑμᾶς hymâs	G5209	you (as the objective of a verb or preposition)

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Cross-references

1 John 4:21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
1 Peter 4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
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.
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.
Romans 12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
1 John 3:23 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.
1 Peter 3:8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
1 Peter 1:22 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…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 15:9-17

Christ, who is love itself, is here discoursing concerning love, a fourfold love. I. Concerning the Father's love to him; and concerning this he here tells us, 1. That the Father did love him (Joh 15:9): As the Father hath loved me. He loved him as Mediator: This is my beloved Son. He was the Son of his love. He loved him, and gave all things into his hand; and yet so loved the world as to deliver him up for us all. When Christ was entering upon his sufferings he comforted himself with this, that his Father loved him. Those whom God loves as a Father may despise the hatred of all the world. 2. That he abode in his Father's love, Joh 15:10. He continually loved his Father, and was beloved of…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 15:12

That ye love one another, &c.--(See on Joh 13:34-35).

Adam Clarke on John 15:12

That ye love one another - See on Joh 13:34 (note). So deeply was thus commandment engraved on the heart of this evangelist that St. Jerome says, lib. iii. c. 6, Com. ad Galat., that in his extreme old age, when he used to be carried to the public assemblies of the believers, his constant saying was, Little children, love one another. His disciples, wearied at last with the constant repetition of the same words, asked him, Why he constantly said the same thing? "Because (said he) it is the commandment of the Lord, and the observation of it alone is sufficient." Quia praeceptum Domini est, et, si solum fiat, sufficit.

John Gill on John 15:12

This is my commandment, that ye love one another,.... Christ had been before speaking of his commandments; and he mentions this as the principal one, and to which all the rest may be reduced; for as the precepts of the second table of the moral law may be briefly comprehended in this one duty, love to our neighbour, so all the duties of Christianity, relative to one another, are reducible to this, by love to serve each other. This was the commandment which lay uppermost on Christ's heart, and which he knew, if attended to, the rest could not fail of being observed. The argument by which, and the manner in which, he presses it, is as before: as I have loved you; than which nothing can be mor…

The Church Fathers

Do we fail to love according to the commandment of the Lord? Then we lose the distinctive mark imprinted on us. Are we puffed up till almost bursting with empty pride and arrogance? Then we fall into the inevitable condemnation of the devil.
— Basil of Caesarea, LETTER 56

Discord cannot attain to the kingdom of heaven. The one who has done violence to the love of Christ by faithless dissension will not attain to the reward of Christ, who said, "This is my commandment, that you love one another." Whoever does not have charity does not have God.
— Cyprian, Treatise I. On the Unity of the Church 14

(Hom. xxvii. in Evang.) But when all our Lord's sacred discourses are full of His commandments, why does He give this special commandment respecting love, if it is not that every commandment teaches love, and all precepts are one? Love and love only is the fulfilment of every thing that is enjoined. As all the boughs of a tree proceed from one root, so all the virtues are produced from one love: nor hath the branch, i. e. the good work, any life, except it abide in the root of love.
— Gregory the Dialogist ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

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Dictionary and topics

Church — Derived probably from the Greek kuriakon (i.e., “the Lord’s house”), which was used by ancient authors for the place of worship. In the New Testament it is the translation of the Greek word ecclesia,…
Commandments · 6:27-42;10:28-37;12:12-31; — 6:27-42;10:28-37;12:12-31;
Conduct, Christian · Loving one another — Loving one another
Fellowship · OF THE RIGHTEOUS — OF THE RIGHTEOUS
Fraternity · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Love Of Christ, The · To be imitated — — To be imitated —
Love To Man · Commanded by Christ — Commanded by Christ
Righteousness · FRUITS OF — FRUITS OF

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

John 15:12

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 15:9-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 15:12

Adam Clarke on John 15:12

John Gill on John 15:12

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John 15:12

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 15:9-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 15:12

Adam Clarke on John 15:12

John Gill on John 15:12

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on John 15:12-15

Tyndale Open Study Notes on John 15:12-13