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John 15:12–13

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The Relationship of Believers to Each Other

12oThis is My pcommandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13qGreater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.

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John 15:12–13: “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.”

Cross references

  1. oJohn 13:34; 1 John 3:11
  2. pRom. 12:9
  3. qEph. 5:2; 1 John 3:16

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“This is my command: Love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this: to lay down his life for his friends.

NLTNew Living Translation

This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

This is my commandment: that you love one another just as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this: that someone lay down his life for his friends.

KJV 1900King James Version

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.