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John 15:11–12

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11“I have spoken these things to you so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. m12This is My command: Love one another as I have loved nyou.

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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. m15:11 1Jn 1:4; 2Jn 12
  2. n15:12 Jn 3:16

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

“This is my command: Love one another as I have loved you.

NLTNew Living Translation

I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I have spoken these things to you in order that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be made complete. This is my commandment: that you love one another just as I have loved you.

KJV 1900King James Version

These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.