John 15:12

12 hoc est praeceptum meum ut diligatis invicem sicut dilexi vos

John 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 ) .

John 15:12 In-Context

10 si praecepta mea servaveritis manebitis in dilectione mea sicut et ego Patris mei praecepta servavi et maneo in eius dilectione

11 haec locutus sum vobis ut gaudium meum in vobis sit et gaudium vestrum impleatur

12 hoc est praeceptum meum ut diligatis invicem sicut dilexi vos

13 maiorem hac dilectionem nemo habet ut animam suam quis ponat pro amicis suis

14 vos amici mei estis si feceritis quae ego praecipio vobis