The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved

Fleshing this out in Life

“This is My commandment, that you love one

another as I have loved you. v12  Great love

has no one than this, that someone lay down

his life for his friends. v13 You are my friends if…

– Jesus in John 15:12-14a

 “By this we know love, that He laid down His life

   for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for

   the brothers. If …

                                  – John in 1John 3:16, 17a

    “A disciple is not above his teacher, but

everyone whose training is complete

will be like his teacher.”

– Jesus in Luke 6:40

By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

1John 3:16-18