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A newκαινὴνcommandmentἐντολὴνI giveδίδωμιyou,ὑμῖνthatἵναyou loveἀγαπᾶτεone another:ἀλλήλουςjust asκαθὼςI have lovedἠγάπησαyou,ὑμᾶςthatἵναyouὑμεῖςalsoκαὶloveἀγαπᾶτεone another.ἀλλήλους
John 13:34
Study it in the app“A new commandment I give you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, that you also love one another.”
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With the Greek beneath
John 13:34, word by word
- A newκαινὴνkainēn
new
New, different from what was before.
Where else “kainēn” appears- commandmentἐντολὴνentolēn
commandment
What God or Jesus orders to be done, with his authority, to be carried out.
Where else “entolēn” appears- I giveδίδωμιdidōmi
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “didōmi” appears- you loveἀγαπᾶτεagapate
love
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
Where else “agapate” appears- one anotherἀλλήλουςallēlous
one another
One another, each other.
Where else “allēlous” appears
The context
33Little children, I am with you a little while longer. You will seek me, and just as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come,’ so I now say to you.
34 · This verse (above)
35By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
To study John 13 in a group
1. What it says
What does Jesus do during the supper, what does he answer Peter when he resists, and what does he ask of them all? (vv. 4-15)
2. What it means
Jesus gives a new commandment: to love one another as he has loved them (v. 34). What does his washing of their feet show about that love?
3. How I live it
Jesus says, “I have given you an example” (v. 15). Whom could you serve today with a simple gesture, without being asked?