John 15:17
15 Henceforth 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.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- This is My command to you: Love one another.
- KJV
- These things I command you, that ye love one another.
- WEB
- “I command these things to you, that you may love one another.
- ASV
- These things I command you, that ye may love one another.
- DARBY
- These things I command you, that ye love one another.
- BLB
- These things I command you⁺, that you⁺ love one another.
- ÅB
- Dette befaler jeg dere at dere skal elske hverandre.
- OTB
- Dette er mitt bud: elsk hverandre.
- B1930
- Dette byder jeg eder at I skal elske hverandre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 15:12
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Read in context1 John 3:14–17
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
Read in context1 Peter 2:17
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
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