John 14:15
If you love me, you will lay my commands to heart,
Open English Bible (UK)
In The King James Version
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
In Context
14If you ask anything, in my name, I will do it.
Cross References
Matthew 10:37Anyone who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and anyone who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
John 8:42‘If God were your Father,’ Jesus replied, ‘you would have loved me, for I came out from God, and now am here; and I have not come of myself, but he sent me as his messenger.
John 15:10If you lay my commands to heart, you will remain in my love; just as I have laid the Father’s commands to heart and remain in his love.
1 Corinthians 16:22Accursed be anyone who has no love for the Lord. THE LORD IS COMING.
2 Corinthians 8:8I am not laying a command on you, but I am making use of the earnestness shown by others to test the genuineness of your affection.
Ephesians 3:16and pray that, in proportion to the wealth of his glory, he will strengthen you with his power by breathing his Spirit into your inmost soul,
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 →