This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Jesus’ commandment to His friends: love one another as I have loved you.
KJV9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. 11These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. 15Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
Written by Jesus’ close friend so that readers would believe and have life in His name.
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Love without pretending: hold on to what is good, love each other warmly, and outdo one another in honour.
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
The simplest vow in the Bible’s love song: my beloved is mine, and I am his.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Paul’s word to husbands: love your wife the way Christ loved the church, giving yourself up for her.