Juan 15:12

12 Este es mi mandamiento: Que os améis los unos á los otros, como yo os he amado.

Juan 15:12 Meaning and Commentary

John 15:12

This is my commandment, that ye love one another
Christ had been before speaking of his commandments; and he mentions this as the principal one, and to which all the rest may be reduced; for as the precepts of the second table of the moral law may be briefly comprehended in this one duty, love to our neighbour, so all the duties of Christianity, relative to one another, are reducible to this, by love to serve each other. This was the commandment which lay uppermost on Christ's heart, and which he knew, if attended to, the rest could not fail of being observed. The argument by which, and the manner in which, he presses it, is as before:

as I have loved you;
than which nothing can be more strong and forcible; see ( John 13:34 ) .

Juan 15:12 In-Context

10 Si guardareis mis mandamientos, estaréis en mi amor; como yo también he guardado los mandamientos de mi Padre, y estoy en su amor.

11 Estas cosas os he hablado, para que mi gozo esté en vosotros, y vuestro gozo sea cumplido.

12 Este es mi mandamiento: Que os améis los unos á los otros, como yo os he amado.

13 Nadie tiene mayor amor que este, que ponga alguno su vida por sus amigos.

14 Vosotros sois mis amigos, si hiciereis las cosas que yo os mando.