Teks -- John 15:17 (NET)

15:17 This I command you– to love one another.

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Robertson: Joh 15:17 - That ye may love one another

That ye may love one another ( hina agapāte allēlous ).

Repetition of Joh 13:34; Joh 15:12. This very night the disciples had been guilty of jealousy and wrangling (Luk 22:24; Joh 13:5, Joh 13:15).

Vincent: Joh 15:17 - That

That ( ἵνα )

All my teachings are to the end that you should love one another.

JFB: Joh 15:17-21

The substance of these important verses has occurred more than once before. (See on Mat 10:34-36; Luk 12:49-53, &c.).

Calvin: Joh 15:17 - These things I command you

17.These things I command you This too, was appropriately added, that the Apostles might know that mutual love among ministers is demanded above all things, that they may be employed, with one accord, in building up the Church of God; for there is no greater hindrance than when every one labors apart, and when all do not direct their exertions to the common good. If, then, ministers do not maintain brotherly intercourse with each other, they may possibly erect some large heaps, but latterly disjointed and confused; and, all the while, there will be no building of a Church.

TSK: Joh 15:17

Joh 15:12; 1Pe 2:17; 1Jo 3:14-17

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Poole: Joh 15:17

This is but the repetition of the same precept we before had; unless we will understand it as a more special charge upon them, considered as ministers of the gospel; the mutual love of ministers being highly necessary for the good and peace of the church of God, over which God hath set them.

Gill: Joh 15:17 - These things I command you

These things I command you,.... The doctrines which Christ spake, as one having authority, concerning the vine and branches; his love to his disciples, in laying down his life for them, and in accounting and using them as friends, and not servants; in choosing, ordaining, and sending them forth, for the ends above mentioned; these were delivered by him with this view, to promote brotherly love among them: that ye love one another; this lay much upon his heart, he often mentions it; this is the third time it is expressed by him, in these his last discourses; and indeed, since he had declared such strong love and affection for them, it was but right and proper they should love one another; nor does anything more tend to increase mutual love among the saints, than the consideration of their common interest in the unchangeable love of their Lord.