Passage
This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.
John 15:12 (ASV)
Nearby Context
John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father`s commandments, and abide in his love.
John 15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and [that] your joy may be made full.
John 15:12 This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.
John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "commandment", "love", "another", "even", and "loved". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "commandment" and "love", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 11's "These things have I spoken unto you..." into verse 13's "Greater love hath no man than this...", so "commandment" and "love" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "commandment" and "love" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.