John 15:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐντολὴ ἡ ἐμή, Ἵνα ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους, καθὼς ἠγάπησα ὑμᾶς.

Transliteration

Hautē estin hē entolē hē emē, Hina agapate allēlous, kathōs ēgapēsa humas.

Grammar Details

• *Hautē*: demonstrative pronoun, nominative, feminine, singular - this
• *estin*: present indicative, active, third person singular - is
• *hē entolē*: nominative, feminine, singular - the commandment
• *hē emē*: article + nominative, feminine, singular, possessive adjective - my/mine
• *Hina*: conjunction - that
• *agapate*: present subjunctive, active, second person plural - you love
• *allēlous*: accusative, masculine, plural, reciprocal pronoun - one another
• *kathōs*: adverb - just as/even as
• *ēgapēsa*: aorist indicative, active, first person singular - I loved
• *humas*: accusative, plural, second person pronoun - you [plural]

Word Meanings

• *entolē*: commandment/instruction/order
• *agapate*: love/cherish/value
• *allēlous*: one another/each other
• *kathōs*: just as/in the same way that/according as
• *ēgapēsa*: I loved/I have loved

Referenced Verses

• John 13:34 : 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.
• 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 {G1161} above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
• 1 John 3:23 : 23 And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he gave us commandment.
• 1 John 4:21 : 21 And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.
• Rom 12:10 : 10 In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;
• Eph 5:2 : 2 and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.
• 1 Thess 3:12 : 12 and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also [do] toward you;
• 1 Thess 4:9 : 9 But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;
• 1 John 2:7-9 : 7 Beloved, no new commandment write I unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye heard. 8 Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth. 9 He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now. 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.
• 1 John 3:11-18 : 11 For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another: 12 not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore {G5101} slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous. 13 Marvel not, {G3450} brethren, if the world hateth you. 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not {G80} abideth in death. 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 16 Hereby {G5129} know we love, {G2316} because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso {G302} hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him? 18 [ My] Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
• 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the {G2513} heart fervently:
• 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Finally, [be] ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:
• 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;