A New Commandment

³¹ When he had gone out, Jesus said, ^(A)“Now is the Son of Man glorified, and ^(B)God is glorified in him. ³² If God is glorified in him, ^(C)God will also glorify him in himself, and ^(D)glorify him at once. ³³ Little children, ^(E)yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just ^(F)as I said to the Jews, so now I also say to you, ‘Where I am going you cannot come.’ ^34 (G)A new commandment ^(H)I give to you, ^(I)that you love one another: ^(J)just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. ^35 (K)By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial

³⁶ Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” ^(L)Jesus answered him, “Where I am going ^(M)you cannot follow me now, ^(N)but you will follow afterward.” ^37 (O)Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” ³⁸ Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(P)the rooster will not crow till you have denied me three times.

¹⁰ By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, ^(A)nor is the one who ^(B)does not love his brother.

Love One Another

¹¹ For ^(C)this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, ^(D)that we should love one another. ¹² We should not be like ^(E)Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? ^(F)Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. ¹³ Do not be surprised, brothers,^{[a] (G)}that the world hates you. ¹⁴ We know that ^(H)we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. ^15 (I)Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that ^(J)no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

¹⁶ By this we know love, that ^(K)he laid down his life for us, and ^(L)we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. ¹⁷ But ^(M)if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet ^(N)closes his heart against him, ^(O)how does God's love abide in him? ¹⁸ Little children, let us not ^(P)love in word or talk but in deed and ^(Q)in truth.