John 13:34-35
The Message
34-35 “Let me give you a new command: Love one another. In the same way I loved you, you love one another. This is how everyone will recognize that you are my disciples—when they see the love you have for each other.”
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John 13:34
Amplified Bible
34 I am giving you a new commandment, that you [a]love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too are to love one another.
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- John 13:34 The key to understanding this and other statements about love is to know that this love (the Greek word agape) is not so much a matter of emotion as it is of doing things for the benefit of another person, that is, having an unselfish concern for another and a willingness to seek the best for another.
John 13:34
New Living Translation
34 So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.
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John 13:34
New Life Version
34 I give you a new Law. You are to love each other. You must love each other as I have loved you.
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John 13:34
Contemporary English Version
34 (A) But I am giving you a new command. You must love each other, just as I have loved you.
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John 13:35
The Message
34-35 “Let me give you a new command: Love one another. In the same way I loved you, you love one another. This is how everyone will recognize that you are my disciples—when they see the love you have for each other.”
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John 13:35
Amplified Bible
35 By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love and unselfish concern for one another.”
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John 13:35
New Living Translation
35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”
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John 13:35
New Life Version
35 If you love each other, all men will know you are My followers.”
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John 13:35
Contemporary English Version
35 If you love each other, everyone will know that you are my disciples.
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