John 13:31-35
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- How is the commandment of verse 34 a new commandment? Wasn't this commandment already given?
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Exegesis
In verse 34 Jesus commands his disciples to love each other even as he has loved them. Jesus has often quoted the commandment from Lev 19:18 to love our neighbor as ourselves (e.g. Matt 19:19, Matt 22:39, Mark 12:33). So what about the commandment to love one another is new?
One way in which this commandment is new is because whereas the previous command was to love others as we love ourselves, this command is to love others as the Lord loves us. As Jesus explains in John 15:13 the type of love that Jesus has for us is greater than any other love. Under this reading the new commandment is that we have the greatest love possible for one another.
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