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John 15:11-17
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
John 15:11-17
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
11 I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.
12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 I do not call you servants[a] any longer, because the servant[b] does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. 16 You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. 17 I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.
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John 15:11-17
New International Version
John 15:11-17
New International Version
11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.(A) 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.(B) 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.(C) 14 You are my friends(D) if you do what I command.(E) 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.(F) 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you(G) so that you might go and bear fruit(H)—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.(I) 17 This is my command: Love each other.(J)
John 15:11-17
King James Version
John 15:11-17
King James Version
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
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