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Gill's Exposition
Greater love hath no man than this,.... By these words our Lord shows, how far love to another should extend, even to the laying down of our lives for the brethren; which is the highest instance of…
Barnes' Notes
This is my commandment - The special law of Christianity, called hence “the new commandment.” See the notes at Joh 13:34. As I have loved you - That is, with the same tender affection, willing to…
Adam Clarke
That ye love one another - See on Joh 13:34 (note). So deeply was thus commandment engraved on the heart of this evangelist that St. Jerome says, lib. iii. c. 6, Com. ad Galat., that in his extreme…
Christ, who is love itself, is here discoursing concerning love, a fourfold love.
I. Concerning the Father's love to him; and concerning this he here tells us, 1. That the Father did love him (Joh…
Cambridge Bible
The Union of the Disciples with one another in Christ
12. This is my commandment Literally, This is the commandment that is Mine(see on Joh 14:17). In Joh 15:15 He said that to keep His commandments…
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