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
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