John 14:15
If you have love for me, you will keep my laws.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
In Context
14If you make any request to me in my name, I will do it.
16And I will make prayer to the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you for ever,
Cross References
Matthew 10:37He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.
John 8:42Jesus said to them, If God was your Father you would have love for me, because it was from God I came and am here. I did not come of myself, but he sent me.
John 15:10If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.
1 Corinthians 16:22If any man has not love for the Lord, let him be cursed. Maran atha (our Lord comes).
2 Corinthians 8:8I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.
Ephesians 3:16That in the wealth of his glory he would make you strong with power through his Spirit in your hearts;
Matthew Henry on John 14:13-15
Christ's Consolatory Discourse. 12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. The disciples, as they were full of grief to think of parting with their Master, so they were full of care what would become of themselves when he was gone;… Read the whole commentary →