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Verse	Translation	Text
Joh 15:12	King James	This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
That ye love one another, &c.--(See on Joh 13:34-35).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

That ye love one another, &c.--(See on Joh 13:34-35).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
This is my commandment - The special law of Christianity, called hence "the new commandment." See the notes at Joh 13:34. As I have loved you - That is, with the same tender affection, willing to endure trials, to practice self-denials, and, if need be, to lay down your lives for each other, Jo1 3:16.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

This is my commandment - The special law of Christianity, called hence "the new commandment." See the notes at Joh 13:34.

As I have loved you - That is, with the same tender affection, willing to endure trials, to practice self-denials, and, if need be, to lay down your lives for each other, Jo1 3:16.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
My commandment (ἡ ἐντολὴ ἡ ἐμὴ) The commandment which is mine. That ye love (ἵνα) Indicating not merely the nature of the commandment, but its purport.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

My commandment (ἡ ἐντολὴ ἡ ἐμὴ)

The commandment which is mine.

That ye love (ἵνα)

Indicating not merely the nature of the commandment, but its purport.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Your joy will be full, if ye so love one another.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Your joy will be full, if ye so love one another.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
That ye love one another - See on Joh 13:34 (note). So deeply was thus commandment engraved on the heart of this evangelist that St. Jerome says, lib. iii. c. 6, Com. ad Galat., that in his extreme old age, when he used to be carried to the public assemblies of the believers, his constant saying was, Little children, love one another. His disciples, wearied at last with the constant repetition of the same words, asked him, Why he constantly said the same thing? "Because (said he) it is the commandment of the Lord, and the observation of it alone is sufficient." Quia praeceptum Domini est, et, si solum fiat, sufficit.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

That ye love one another - See on Joh 13:34 (note). So deeply was thus commandment engraved on the heart of this evangelist that St. Jerome says, lib. iii. c. 6, Com. ad Galat., that in his extreme old age, when he used to be carried to the public assemblies of the believers, his constant saying was, Little children, love one another. His disciples, wearied at last with the constant repetition of the same words, asked him, Why he constantly said the same thing? "Because (said he) it is the commandment of the Lord, and the observation of it alone is sufficient." Quia praeceptum Domini est, et, si solum fiat, sufficit.

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