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Not by works of majesty and power, but by love to one another. By (or, in) this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one toward another. By their love for each other, for mankind, for God, is it known or denied that men who call themselves Christians are really Christ's disciples. The apologists of the first centuries delighted in appealing to the striking fact of the common love of Christians, which was a new thing in the history of mankind and while the Church has sometimes forgotten the characteristic, the world never has. It is instructive that the characteristic mark of Christianity should thus be asserted by its Founder to consist, not in any formulary or signs, but in the love which asserts the brotherhood of man. Here was the distinctive Christian mark, which all men should be able to read. The followers of great Teachers and Rabbis had their distinctive marks. He gives them a bond of union, by which they should always be linked to Him and to each other in the principle of love. In this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.'Įllicott's Commentary for English Readers(35) By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples.-The thought of their state of orphanage when He should depart from them is still present. It is by this that every one will know that you are my disciples-if you love one another." This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”Įveryone will know by this that you are my disciples-if you have love for one another."īy this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”īy this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." In this will all know that you are My disciples, if you may have love one to another.” This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." If you have love for one another, then everyone will know that you are my disciples." If you love each other, everyone will know that you are my disciples.īy this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.Įveryone will know that you are my disciples because of your love for each other." “Every person will know by this that you are my disciples, if you shall have love one to the other.”
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