John 15:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for 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 I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.
• 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:
• 1 John 3:23 : 23 And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us.
• 1 John 4:21 : 21 And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.
• Rom 12:10 : 10 Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;
• Eph 5:2 : 2 And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.
• 1 Thess 3:12 : 12 And the Lord give you increase of love in fullest measure to one another and to all men, even as our love to you;
• 1 Thess 4:9 : 9 But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;
• 1 John 2:7-9 : 7 My loved ones, I do not give you a new law, but an old law which you had from the first; this old law is the word which came to your ears. 8 Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out. 9 He who says that he is in the light, and has hate in his heart for his brother, is still in the dark. 10 He who has love for his brother is in the light, and there is no cause of error in him.
• 1 John 3:11-18 : 11 Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another; 12 Not being of the Evil One like Cain, who put his brother to death. And why did he put him to death? Because his works were evil and his brother's works were good. 13 Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world has no love for you. 14 We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death. 15 Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him. 16 In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers. 17 But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him? 18 My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.
• 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:
• 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:
• 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another;