John 15:12

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, 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; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
• 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
• 1 John 3:23 : 23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, 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 Be kindly affectioned one to another with btherly love; in honour preferring one another;
• Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
• 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 do toward you:
• 1 Thess 4:9 : 9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
• 1 John 2:7-9 : 7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. 8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. 9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
• 1 John 3:11-18 : 11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. 13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. 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. 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
• 1 Pet 1:22 : 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:
• 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
• 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;