The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

The one who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him.”

but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let’s go from here.

If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.

Disciples’ Relation to Each Other

“This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.

This I command you, that you love one another.

For this, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

I am not saying this as a command, but as proving, through the earnestness of others, the sincerity of your love as well.

This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.

And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God must also love his brother and sister.

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and follow His commandments.

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.

Walk According to His Commandments

The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not only I, but also all who know the truth,

Now I ask you, lady, not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.

And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you are to walk in it.