ἡ ἐντ. ἡ ἐμή. see on John 3:29. In John 15:10 He said that to keep His commandments was the way to abide in His love. He now reminds them what His commandment is (see on John 13:34). It includes all others. A day or two before this Christ had been teaching that all the Law and the Prophets hang on the two great commands, ‘love God with all thy heart’ and ‘love thy neighbour as thyself’ (Matthew 22:37-40). S. John teaches us that the second really implies the first (1 John 4:20). For ἵνα see on John 1:8 and comp. John 11:57; John 13:34; John 15:17.

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