John 13:15
For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
John 13:15 in other translations
| BSB | I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you. |
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| WEB | For I have given you an example, that you should also do as I have done to you. |
| ASV | For I have given you an example, that ye also should do as I have done to you. |
| YLT | ‘For an example I gave to you, that, according as I did to you, ye also may do; |
| DARBY | for I have given you an example that, as I have done to you, ye should do also. |
| BBE | I have given you an example, so that you may do what I have done to you. |
| Webster | For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. |
What does John 13:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 13:12-15
12-15. Know ye what I have done?--that is, its intent. The question, however, was put merely to summon their attention to His own answer.
Barnes' Notes
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 13:1-17
Our Lord Jesus has a people in the world that are his own; he has purchased them, and paid dear for them, and he has set them apart for himself; they devote themselves to him as a peculiar people. Those whom Christ loves, he loves to the end. Nothing can separate a true believer from the love of Christ. We know not when our hour will come, therefore what we have to do in constant preparation for it, ought never to…
John 13:15 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 13:15
- 1 John 2:6
He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
- Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
- 1 Peter 2:21
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
- 1 Peter 3:17-18
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
- Ephesians 5:2
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
- Romans 15:5
Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
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Context
- John 13:14
If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.
- John 13:15
For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
- John 13:16
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
John 13:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque ejemplo os he dado, para que como yo os he hecho, vosotros también hagáis. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car je vous ai donné un exemple, afin que, comme je vous ai fait, moi, vous aussi vous fassiez. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn ich habe euch ein Beispiel gegeben, auf daß, gleichwie ich euch getan habe, auch ihr tuet. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Exemplum enim dedi vobis, ut quemadmodum ego feci vobis, ita et vos faciatis. |