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Where is “Love one another as I have loved you” in the Bible?
“Love one another as I have loved you” is John 13:34. Jesus says it to his disciples at the Last Supper, just after Judas leaves.
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In the Bible
It is John 13:34.
Yes, it is in the Bible.
Jesus says it to his disciples at the Last Supper, just after Judas leaves.
The verse
I give you a new commandment: love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
John 13:34-35 · open the chapter →
What it means there
Loving your neighbor was already in the law. What is new is the measure: as Jesus has loved them. He says this love is how people will know who his disciples are.
Also in the Bible
This is my commandment: you are to love one another just as I loved you.
John 15:12 · open the chapter →
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Where is “Love one another as I have loved you” in the Bible?
“Love one another as I have loved you” is John 13:34. These exact words are in the King James Bible. The Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, is quoted here, and it words the verse differently. Jesus says it to his disciples at the Last Supper, just after Judas leaves.
Is “Love one another as I have loved you” in the Bible?
Yes. It is John 13:34, and also John 15:12. In the Lumin Translation, John 13:34-35 reads: “I give you a new commandment: love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.””
Who said “Love one another as I have loved you”?
Jesus says it to his disciples at the Last Supper, just after Judas leaves.
What does “Love one another as I have loved you” mean in the Bible?
Loving your neighbor was already in the law. What is new is the measure: as Jesus has loved them. He says this love is how people will know who his disciples are.
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