John 13:35
33 Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’
34 A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
36 “Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”
37 “Lord,” said Peter, “why can’t I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
- KJV
- By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
- WEB
- By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- ASV
- By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
- DARBY
- By this shall all know that ye are disciples of mine, if ye have love amongst yourselves.
- BLB
- By this all will know that you⁺ are My disciples, if you⁺ shall have love among one another.”
- ÅB
- Derpå skal alle kjenne at dere er mine disipler, om dere har innbyrdes kjærlighet.
- OTB
- Det er ved dette, derfor, at alle vil vite at dere er mine disipler: at dere har kjærlighet til hverandre."
- B1930
- Derpå skal alle kjenne at I er mine disipler, om I har innbyrdes kjærlighet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 John 4:20–21
If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
Read in context1 John 2:10
Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.
Read in context1 John 3:10–14
By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
Read in contextJohn 17:21
that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
Read in context1 John 2:5
But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:
Read in contextActs 4:32–35
The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.
Read in contextGenesis 13:7–8
And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.
Read in contextActs 5:12–14
The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
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