John 13:34
“A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.”
« Je vous donne un commandement nouveau : aimez-vous les uns les autres ; comme je vous ai aimés » fait de l’amour donné de Jésus la mesure des relations entre ses disciples. La marque du disciple, c’est l’amour.
Réponse rapide traduite avec l'aide de l'IA et en cours de révision. L'explication complète est affichée en anglais.
What makes the command “new” is its standard: not merely “love your neighbor as yourself,” but “as I have loved you” — the sacrificial love Jesus was about to show at the cross.
Jesus adds in the next verse that this love is how the world will recognize his disciples. Love within the community is meant to be visible evidence of who they belong to.
Why is it called a “new” commandment?
Love was already commanded in the Old Testament; what is new is the measure — Christ’s own love — and its role as the identifying mark of his followers.