John 15:17
“These things I command you, that ye love one another.”
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Cross-References
“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.”
“This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.”
“We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.”
“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;”
“Let all your things be done with charity.”