John 15:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

John 15:12 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 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 (John 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 delive…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

12-16. That ye love one another, &c.--(See on Joh 13:34, 35).