![]() ![]() 1 John 3:23: And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he gave us commandment.1 John 3:11: For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.The Johannine writings include other, similar passages. Other New Testament references Johannine writings John 15:17: These things I command you, that ye may love one another.John 15:12: This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.Two similar statements also appear in chapter 15 of the Gospel of John: Just after the commandment, and before the Farewell Discourse the first reference to Peter's Denials took place, where Jesus predicted that Peter would deny him three times before the cock crow. In the commandment Jesus told the disciples: "Love one another as I have loved you". The commandment was prefaced in John 13:34 by Jesus telling his remaining disciples, as little children, that he will be with them for only a short time, then will leave them. The statement of the new commandment by Jesus in John 13:34–35 was after the Last Supper, and after the departure of Judas. ![]() The commandment can also be seen as the last wish in the Farewell Discourse to the disciples. Theologically, this commandment is interpreted as dual to the Love of Christ for his followers. This commandment appears thirteen times in twelve verses in the New Testament. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come so now I say to you. Little children, yet a little while I am with you. ![]() The New Commandment is a term used in Christianity to describe Jesus's commandment to "love one another" which, according to the Bible, was given as part of the final instructions to his disciples after the Last Supper had ended, and after Judas Iscariot had departed in John 13:30. Jesus giving the Farewell Discourse to his eleven remaining disciples after the Last Supper, from the Maestà by Duccio, c. ![]()
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