John 13:15
13 You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am.
14 So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.
I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.
16 Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
17 If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.
- KJV
- For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
- WEB
- For I have given you an example, that you should also do as I have done to you.
- ASV
- For I have given you an example, that ye also should do as I have done to you.
- DARBY
- for I have given you an example that, as I have done to you, ye should do also.
- BLB
- For I gave you⁺ an example so that as I did to you⁺, you⁺ also should do.
- ÅB
- For jeg har gitt dere et forbilde, for at dere skal gjøre som jeg har gjort med dere.
- OTB
- Jeg har gitt dere et eksempel, så dere skal gjøre som jeg har gjort for dere.
- B1930
- For jeg har gitt eder et forbillede, forat I skal gjøre som jeg har gjort med eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 John 2:6
Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.
Read in contextMatthew 11:29
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Read in context1 Peter 2:21
For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:
Read in context1 Peter 3:17–18
For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
Read in contextEphesians 5:2
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
Read in contextRomans 15:5
Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus,
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