35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."
35 This is how everyone will recognize that you are my disciples - when they see the love you have for each other."
35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 13:35
Commentary on John 13:31-35
(Read John 13:31-35)
Christ had been glorified in many miracles he wrought, yet he speaks of his being glorified now in his sufferings, as if that were more than all his other glories in his humbled state. Satisfaction was thereby made for the wrong done to God by the sin of man. We cannot now follow our Lord to his heavenly happiness, but if we truly believe in him, we shall follow him hereafter; meanwhile we must wait his time, and do his work. Before Christ left the disciples, he would give them a new commandment. They were to love each other for Christ's sake, and according to his example, seeking what might benefit others, and promoting the cause of the gospel, as one body, animated by one soul. But this commandment still appears new to many professors. Men in general notice any of Christ's words rather than these. By this it appears, that if the followers of Christ do not show love one to another, they give cause to suspect their sincerity.