John 13:34 (YLT)

Passage

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

Nearby Context

John 13:32 if God was glorified in him, God also will glorify him in Himself; yea, immediately He will glorify him.

John 13:33 `Little children, yet a little am I with you; ye will seek me, and, according as I said to the Jews--Whither I go away, ye are not able to come, to you also I do say <FI>it<Fi> now.

John 13:34 `A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

John 13:35 in this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.'

John 13:36 Simon Peter saith to him, `Sir, whither dost thou go away?' Jesus answered him, `Whither I go away, thou art not able now to follow me, but afterward thou shalt follow me.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "commandment", "give", "love", and "another". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "commandment" and "give", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 33's "Little children yet a little am I..." into verse 35's "in this shall all know that ye...", so "commandment" and "give" 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 "give" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.