John 15:14

You are my friends, if you do the things that I command you.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

In Context

13Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

15I will not now call you servants: for the servant knoweth not what his lord doth. But I have called you friends: because all things whatsoever I have heard of my Father, I have made known to you.

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Cross References

Exodus 7:6And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had commanded: so did they.

1 Kings 4:5Azarias the son of Nathan, over them that were about the king: Zabud, the son of Nathan the priest, the king's friend:

2 Chronicles 20:7Didst not thou our God kill all the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

Isaiah 41:8But thou Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend:

Ezekiel 12:7I did therefore as he had commanded me: I brought forth my goods by day, as the goods of one that removeth: and in the evening I digged through the wall with my hand: and I went forth in the dark, and was carried on men's shoulders in their sight.

Luke 12:4And I say to you, my friends: Be not afraid of them who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

Matthew Henry on John 15:10-18

Christ's Love to His Disciples. 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my… Read the whole commentary →

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