John 15:12

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”

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BSBPD

“This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 15:12 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. John 13:34A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
  2. Romans 12:10Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
  3. Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
  4. 1 Thessalonians 3:12And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,
  5. 1 Thessalonians 4:9Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
  6. 2 Thessalonians 1:3We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.
  7. 1 Peter 1:22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
  8. 1 Peter 3:8Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
  9. 1 Peter 4:8Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
  10. 1 John 2:7Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.
  11. 1 John 3:11This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
  12. 1 John 3:23And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.
  13. 1 John 4:21And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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