Take-home slipsJohn 15:12-13

How to learn a verseYLT

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

John 15:12-13 'This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you; greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.'This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you; greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.'This is my ______, that ye love ___ another, according as ___ did love you; ______ love than this ____ no one, that ___ one his life ___ lay down for ___ friends;
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.'This ___ ___ command, ____ ___ love ___ ______, according ___ ___ did ____ ___; greater ____ ____ this ____ ___ one, ____ ___ one ___ ____ may ___ ____ for ___ ______;
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.'T i m c, t y l o a, a a I d l y; g l t t h n o, t a o h l m l d f h f;
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.John 15:12-13

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.

How to learn a verseYLT

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

John 15:12-13 'This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you; greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.'This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you; greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.'This is my ______, that ye love ___ another, according as ___ did love you; ______ love than this ____ no one, that ___ one his life ___ lay down for ___ friends;
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.'This ___ ___ command, ____ ___ love ___ ______, according ___ ___ did ____ ___; greater ____ ____ this ____ ___ one, ____ ___ one ___ ____ may ___ ____ for ___ ______;
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.'T i m c, t y l o a, a a I d l y; g l t t h n o, t a o h l m l d f h f;
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.John 15:12-13

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.