34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
34 "Let me give you a new command: Love one another. In the same way I loved you, you love one another.
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
34 So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
12 This is my command: Love one another the way I loved you.
12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
12 This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.
(Read John 15:9-17)
Those whom God loves as a Father, may despise the hatred of all the world. As the Father loved Christ, who was most worthy, so he loved his disciples, who were unworthy. All that love the Saviour should continue in their love to him, and take all occasions to show it. The joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment, but the joy of those who abide in Christ's love is a continual feast. They are to show their love to him by keeping his commandments. If the same power that first shed abroad the love of Christ's in our hearts, did not keep us in that love, we should not long abide in it. Christ's love to us should direct us to love each other. He speaks as about to give many things in charge, yet names this only; it includes many duties.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 13:34
Commentary on John 13:31-35
(Read John 13:31-35)
Christ had been glorified in many miracles he wrought, yet he speaks of his being glorified now in his sufferings, as if that were more than all his other glories in his humbled state. Satisfaction was thereby made for the wrong done to God by the sin of man. We cannot now follow our Lord to his heavenly happiness, but if we truly believe in him, we shall follow him hereafter; meanwhile we must wait his time, and do his work. Before Christ left the disciples, he would give them a new commandment. They were to love each other for Christ's sake, and according to his example, seeking what might benefit others, and promoting the cause of the gospel, as one body, animated by one soul. But this commandment still appears new to many professors. Men in general notice any of Christ's words rather than these. By this it appears, that if the followers of Christ do not show love one to another, they give cause to suspect their sincerity.