Meeting guide · command 69

Love One Another as I Have Loved You

Love fellow disciples according to Jesus' self-giving pattern so the world can recognize His community.

Read

Read the complete passage aloud.

Primary passage

John 13:34–35

34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

World English Bible

John

John 15:12–14

12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.

World English Bible

During His final night, Jesus gives a new command shaped by His own love and approaching sacrifice for His friends.

Discuss

Listen carefully to what Jesus says.

  1. What does Jesus command?
  2. What does this passage reveal about Him?
  3. Where do we resist this command?
  4. What is difficult or unclear?
  5. What distinguishes love shaped by Jesus' self-giving from affection, agreement, or conflict avoidance?

Practice

Choose one specific act of obedience.

Ask one fellow disciple what would genuinely serve them this week and give a specific portion of time, comfort, or resources to meet that need.

Return

Come back and discuss what happened.

What did love cost, and how did the action make Jesus' pattern more visible?

Close together

Pray. Then prepare to teach.

Pray

Jesus, love through us as you have loved us. Make our common life a truthful witness to your self-giving grace.

Teach

Keep love defined by Jesus' action and commands; self-giving does not mean enabling harm or removing truthful boundaries.