John 15:17
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
KJV
ταῦτα ἐντέλλομαι ὑμῖν, ἵνα ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους.
Greek NT
Hæc mando vobis : ut diligatis invicem.
Vulgate
These things I command you, that ye may love one another.
ASV
These things I command you, that you love one another.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
6 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ἀγαπάω
agapao
verb · 143×
ἀλλήλων
allelon
reciprocal_pronoun · 100×
ἐντέλλομαι
entellomai
verb · 16×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§1108In every liturgical action the Holy Spirit is sent in order to bring us into communion with Christ and so to form his Body. the Holy Spirit is like the sap of the Father's vine which bears fruit on its branches.26 The most intimate cooperation of the Holy Spirit and the Church is achieved in the liturgy. the Spirit who is the Spirit of communion, abides indefectibly in the Chur…
§2745Prayer and Christian life are inseparable, for they concern the same love and the same renunciation, proceeding from love; the same filial and loving conformity with the Father's plan of love; the same transforming union in the Holy Spirit who conforms us more and more to Christ Jesus; the same love for all men, the love with which Jesus has loved us. "Whatever you ask the Fath…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 16:14 — Let all your things be done with charity.
- 1John 3:14 — We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
- 1John 3:14 — We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
- 1John 5:2 — By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
- 1Pet 1:22 — Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
- 1Pet 2:17 — Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
- 1Thess 5:13 — And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
- John 13:34 — A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
- John 15:12 — This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
- Prov 29:27 — An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
- Rom 12:10 — Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;