# John 13.34

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**Book:** [John](/codex/john-the-apostle/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 32. <span class="rl-speech">and God shall glorify him in himself, and straightway shall he glorify him.</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say unto you.</span>
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> **34. <span class="rl-speech">A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.</span>**
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> 35. <span class="rl-speech">By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.</span> 36. Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered, <span class="rl-speech">Whither I go, thou canst not follow now; but thou shalt follow afterwards.</span> (John 13:32-36, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 32. <span class="rl-speech">If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him immediately.</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">Little children, I will be with you a little while longer. You will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come,’ so now I tell you.</span>
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> **34. <span class="rl-speech">A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.</span>**
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> 35. <span class="rl-speech">By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”</span> 36. Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered, <span class="rl-speech">“Where I am going, you can’t follow now, but you will follow afterwards.”</span> (John 13:32-36, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 32. <span class="rl-speech">If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.</span>
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> **34. <span class="rl-speech">A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.</span>**
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> 35. <span class="rl-speech">By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.</span> 36. Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, <span class="rl-speech">Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.</span> (John 13:32-36, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 32. <span class="rl-speech">if God was glorified in him, God also will glorify him in Himself; yea, immediately He will glorify him.</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">'Little children, yet a little am I with you; ye will seek me, and, according as I said to the Jews, Whither I go away, ye are not able to come, to you also I do say [it] now.</span>
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> **34. <span class="rl-speech">'A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;</span>**
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> 35. <span class="rl-speech">in this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.'</span> 36. Simon Peter saith to him, 'Sir, whither dost thou go away?' Jesus answered him, <span class="rl-speech">'Whither I go away, thou art not able now to follow me, but afterward thou shalt follow me.'</span> (John 13:32-36, YLT)

## Setting

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- **Audience:** _TBD_
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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Argument from Sanctity](/codex/argument-from-sanctity/), via [John 13.34-35](/codex/john-13-34-35/)
- [Argument from the Costly-Signal Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-costly-signal-convergence/), via [John 13.34-35](/codex/john-13-34-35/)
- [Christians Not Under Mosaic Law](/codex/christians-not-under-mosaic-law/), via [John 13.34-35](/codex/john-13-34-35/)

**Concepts:**

- [Biblical Love](/codex/biblical-love/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [John 13](/codex/john-13/)
- [Mosaic Law](/codex/mosaic-law/), via [John 13.34-35](/codex/john-13-34-35/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G0025 - agapao](/codex/g0025-agapao/), via [John 13.34-35](/codex/john-13-34-35/)
- [G0026 - agape](/codex/g0026-agape/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.