John 15:14
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
John 15:14 in other translations
| BSB | You are My friends if you do what I command you. |
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| WEB | You are my friends if you do whatever I command you. |
| ASV | Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you. |
| YLT | ye are my friends, if ye may do whatever I command you; |
| DARBY | Ye are my friends if ye practise whatever I command you. |
| BBE | You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do. |
| Webster | Ye are my friends, if ye do whatever I command you. |
What does John 15:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 15:12-16
12-16. That ye love one another, &c.--(See on Joh 13:34, 35).
Barnes' Notes
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 15:9-17
Those whom God loves as a Father, may despise the hatred of all the world. As the Father loved Christ, who was most worthy, so he loved his disciples, who were unworthy. All that love the Saviour should continue in their love to him, and take all occasions to show it. The joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment, but the joy of those who abide in Christ's love is a continual feast. They are to show their love to him…
John 15:14 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 15:14
- Matthew 12:50
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
- 1 John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
- James 2:23
And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
- John 14:21
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
- John 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
- John 13:17
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
- Luke 12:4
And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
- Isaiah 41:8
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
- John 14:28
Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
- John 2:5
His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
- 2 Chronicles 20:7
Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
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Context
- John 15:13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
- John 15:14
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
- John 15:15
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
John 15:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Vosotros sois mis amigos, si hiciereis las cosas que yo os mando. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Vous êtes mes amis, si vous faites tout ce que moi je vous commande. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ihr seid meine Freunde, wenn ihr tut, was irgend ich euch gebiete. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Vos amici mei estis, si feceritis quæ ego præcipio vobis. |