John 15:14
you are My friends if you may do whatever I command you;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
In Context
13greater love has no one than this, that anyone may lay down his life for his friends;
Cross References
Exodus 7:6And Moses does—Aaron also—as YHWH commanded them; so have they done;
1 Kings 4:5and Azariah son of Nathan [is] over the officers; and Zabud son of Nathan [is] minister, friend of the king;
2 Chronicles 20:7Are You not our God? You have dispossessed the inhabitants of this land from before Your people Israel, and give it to the seed of Your friend Abraham for all time,
Isaiah 41:8And you, O Israel, My servant, || Jacob, whom I have chosen, || Seed of Abraham, My lover,
Ezekiel 12:7And I do so, as I have been commanded; I have brought forth my vessels as vessels of removal by day, and I have dug through the wall with my hand in the evening; I have brought forth in the darkness, I have carried away on the shoulder, before their eyes.
Luke 12:4And I say to you, my friends, do not be afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything more to 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 →