John 15:12 (DBY)

Passage

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.

Nearby Context

John 15:10 If ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love, as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

John 15:11 I have spoken these things to you that my joy may be in you, and your joy be full.

John 15:12 This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.

John 15:13 No one has greater love than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:14 Ye are my friends if ye practise whatever I command you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "commandment", "love", "another", 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 "I have spoken these things to you..." into verse 13's "No one has greater love 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.