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John 13:34

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 34 I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you,+ you also love one another.+

John 13:34

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 34 I am giving YOU a new commandment, that YOU love one another; just as I have loved YOU,+ that YOU also love one another.+

John 13:34

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 34 ἐντολὴν Commandment καινὴν new δίδωμι I am giving ὑμῖν to YOU ἵνα in order that ἀγαπᾶτε YOU may love ἀλλήλους, one another, καθὼς according as ἠγάπησα I loved ὑμᾶς YOU ἵνα in order that καὶ also ὑμεῖς YOU ἀγαπᾶτε may love ἀλλήλους. one another.

John 13:34

King James Version
- 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

John 13:34

American Standard Version
- 34 A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

John 13:34

The Bible in Living English
- 34 I give you a new commandment, that you are to love each other: that as I loved you, you too are to love each other.

John Study Notes—Chapter 13

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 13:34
  
  new commandment: The Mosaic Law required that a person love his neighbor as he loved himself. (Le 19:18) It called for neighbor love but not necessarily for self-sacrificing love that would go even to the point of giving one’s life for a fellow human. Jesus’ commandment was “new,” or unprecedented, in that he said: just as I have loved you. He gave his followers a perfect model to follow in how to love and live unselfishly for others, a love that would move a person to die for others. Both Jesus’ life and his death exemplified the love called for by this new commandment.—Joh 15:13.