A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as [`even as' kathoos (G2531 )] I have loved you, that ye also love one another. This was the new feature of it. Christ's love to His people in giving His life a ransom for them was altogether new, and consequently as a Model and Standard for theirs to one another. It is not however, something transcending the great moral law, which is "the old commandment" (1 John 2:7; and see the notes at Mark 12:23-33), but that law in a new and special form. Hence, it is said to be both new and old (1 John 2:7-8).