John 15:9-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
9 As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love.(A) 10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.(B)
11 “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.(C) 12 This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.(D) 13 [a]No one has greater love than this,(E) to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
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- 15:13 For one’s friends: or: “those whom one loves.” In Jn 15:9–13a, the words for love are related to the Greek agapaō. In Jn 15:13b–15, the words for love are related to the Greek phileō. For John, the two roots seem synonymous and mean “to love”; cf. also Jn 21:15–17. The word philos is used here.
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