John 15:12 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

¹² This is my command--Love one another, as I have loved you.

³⁴ I give you a new commandment--Love one another; love one another as I have loved you.

¹⁰ In brotherly love, be affectionate to one another; in showing respect, set an example of deference to one another;

² And live a life of love, following the example of the Christ, who loved you and gave himself for you as 'an offering and a sacrifice to God, that should be fragrant and acceptable.'

¹² And for you, may the Lord fill you to overflowing with love for one another and for every one, just as we are filled with love for you;

⁹ As to love for the Brethren there is no need to write to you; for you have yourselves been taught by God to love one another;

³ Brothers, it is our duty always to thank God about you, as is but right, considering the wonderful growth of your faith, and because, without exception, your love for one another is continually increasing.

²² Now that, by your obedience to the Truth, you have purified your lives, so that there is growing up among you a genuine brotherly affection, love one another earnestly with all your hearts;

⁸ Lastly, you should all be united, sympathetic, full of brotherly love, kind-hearted, humble-minded;

⁸ Above all things, let your love for one another be earnest, for 'Love throws a veil over countless sins.'

⁷ Dear friends, it is no new command that I am writing to you, but an old command, which you have had from the first. That old command is the Message to which you listened. ⁸ Yet, again, it is a new Command that I am writing to you-- manifest in Christ's life and in your own--for the Darkness is passing away and the true Light is already shining. ⁹ He who says that he is in the Light, and yet hates his Brother, is in the Darkness even now. ¹⁰ He who loves his Brother is always in the Light, and there is nothing within him to cause him to stumble;

¹¹ For these are the Tidings that we heard from the first--that we are to love one another. ¹² We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil One and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? It was because his life was bad while his brother's was good. ¹³ Do not wonder, Brothers, if the world hates you. ¹⁴ We know that we have passed out of Death into Life, because we love our Brothers. The man who does not love remains in a state of Death. ¹⁵ Every one who hates his Brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has Immortal Life within him. ¹⁶ We have learned to know what love is from this--that Christ laid down his life on our behalf. Therefore we also ought to lay down our lives on behalf of our Brothers. ¹⁷ But, if any one has worldly possessions, and yet looks on while his Brother is in want, and steels his heart against him, how can it be said that the love of God is within him? ¹⁸ My children, do not let our love be mere words, or end in talk; let it be true and show itself in acts.

²³ His Command is this--that we should put our trust in the Name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, in accordance with the Command that he gave us.

²¹ Indeed, we have this Command from God-- 'He who loves God must also love his Brother.'