John 13:34–35
Jesus gives a new commandment: love one another as I have loved you
Study it word by word34A new commandment I give you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
35By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
In its context
32If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him at once.
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.
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36Simon Peter says to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later.”
37Peter says to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”
Its words in the original
- ἐντολὴνentolēn· commandment
Commandment, order.
- καινὴνkainēn· new
New, different from what was before.
- δίδωμιdidōmi· give
Give.
- ἀγαπᾶτεagapate· love
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
- ἀλλήλουςallēlous· one another
One another, each other.
- γνώσονταιgnōsontai· know
Know, come to know, realize. Said of a man and a woman, have sexual relations.
- ἐμοὶemoi· my, mine
My, mine.
- μαθηταίmathētai· disciple
Disciple: someone who learns from a teacher and follows him in order to live as he does.
- ἐστεeste· be
Be, exist.
- ἀγάπηνagapēn· love
Love.
- ἔχητεechēte· have
Have, possess, hold.