John 15:11
“These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may abide in you, and that your joy may be full.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
12This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Cross References
Luke 15:5And having found it, he puts it on his own shoulders, rejoicing.
Luke 15:23And bring the fatted calf here and slaughter it, and let us eat and be merry;
John 3:29He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the voice of the bridegroom. Therefore my joy has been fulfilled.
John 16:33These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but take courage, I have overcome the world.”
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 →