John 13:34
A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
What it says
Jesus gives them a new command to love one another as he has loved them.
What it is doing
This verse names the community’s defining obligation.
In context
31When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him. 32If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify the Son in Himself — and will glorify Him at once. 33Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’ 34A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. 35By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”