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John 13:34

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A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
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  1. Ephesians 5:2Rank 1 from verse 34
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    2And 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.

  2. Leviticus 19:18Rank 2 from verse 34
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    18¶ Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

  3. John 15:17Rank 3 from verse 34
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    17These things I command you, that ye love one another.

  4. 1 Peter 1:22Rank 4 from verse 34
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    22Seeing 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:

  5. 1 John 3:23Rank 5 from verse 34
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    23And 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.

  6. Galatians 6:2Rank 6 from verse 34
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    2Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

  7. 1 Corinthians 12:26–27Rank 7 from verse 34
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    26And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.

    27Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

  8. 1 John 4:21–1Rank 8 from verse 34
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  9. James 2:8Rank 9 from verse 34
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    8If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

  10. Colossians 3:12–13Rank 10 from verse 34
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    12Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

    13Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

  11. 1 John 4:7–11Rank 11 from verse 34
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    7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

    8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

    9In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

    10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

    11Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

  12. 1 John 2:7–10Rank 12 from verse 34
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    7Brethren, 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.

    8Again, 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.

    9He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

    10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.

  13. 1 Thessalonians 3:12Rank 13 from verse 34
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    12And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:

  14. John 15:12–13Rank 14 from verse 34
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    12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

    13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

  15. Romans 12:10Rank 15 from verse 34
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    10Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

  16. 1 John 3:14–18Rank 16 from verse 34
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    14We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

    15Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

    16Hereby 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.

    17But 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?

    18My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

  17. Galatians 5:13–14Rank 17 from verse 34
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    13For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

    14For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

  18. Galatians 6:10Rank 18 from verse 34
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    10As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

  19. 1 Corinthians 13:4–7Rank 19 from verse 34
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    4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

    5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

    6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

    7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

  20. 2 John 1:5Rank 20 from verse 34
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    5And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

  21. 1 John 3:11Rank 21 from verse 34
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    11For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

  22. Leviticus 19:34Rank 22 from verse 34
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    34But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

  23. 1 Peter 3:8–9Rank 23 from verse 34
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    8Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

    9Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

  24. Hebrews 13:1Rank 24 from verse 34
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    1LET brotherly love continue.

  25. 1 Thessalonians 4:9–10Rank 25 from verse 34
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    9But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

    10And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;

  26. 2 Thessalonians 1:3Rank 26 from verse 34
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    3We 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;

  27. Galatians 5:22Rank 27 from verse 34
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    22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

  28. Philippians 2:1–5Rank 28 from verse 34
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    1IF there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

    2Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

    3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

    4Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

    5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

  29. 2 Peter 1:7Rank 29 from verse 34
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    7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

  30. Colossians 1:4Rank 30 from verse 34
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    4Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,

  31. Galatians 5:6Rank 31 from verse 34
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    6For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

  32. John 17:21Rank 32 from verse 34
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    21That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

  33. Psalms 119:63Rank 33 from verse 34
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    63I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

  34. Psalms 16:3Rank 34 from verse 34
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    3But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

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John 13:34

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new

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Recently made, begun, known, or received; fresh, different, or not old.

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commandment

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Sense 1: An authoritative command, charge, order, or precept to be obeyed. Sense 2: One of the ten commandments.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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love

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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

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another

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1. In "one another" and like reciprocal or distributive constructions, each the other, or one in relation to the other or others. 2. One other, one more, or a different or additional person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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loved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of love, meaning to regard with affection or devotion.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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13:31¶ Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.

13:32If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.

13:33Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.

13:34A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

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13:35By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

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