By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another .
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Gill's Exposition
By this shall all men know,.... Not only by this you yourselves will know that ye have passed from death to life, that the true work of grace is begun upon your hearts; nor only by this will you know…
Barnes' Notes
By this shall all men ... - That is, your love for each other shall be so decisive evidence that you are like the Saviour, that all people shall see and know it. It shall be the thing by which you…
Adam Clarke
By this shall all men know, etc. - From this time forward, this mutual and disinterested love shall become the essential and distinctive mark of all my disciples. When they love one another with pure…
This and what follows, to the end of ch. 14, was Christ's table-talk with his disciples. When supper was done, Judas went out; but what did the Master and his disciples do, whom he left sitting at…
Cambridge Bible
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples This is the true -Note of the Church;" not miracles, not formularies, not numbers, but love. "The working of such love puts a brand upon us; for…
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