John 15:10
If 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.
Open English Bible (UK)
In The King James Version
In Context
9As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; remain in my love.
11I have told you all this so that my own joy may be yours, and that your joy may be complete.
Cross References
John 4:34‘My food,’ replied Jesus, ‘is to do the will of him who sent me, and to complete his work.
John 12:49For I have not delivered it on my own authority; but the Father, who sent me, has himself given me his command as to what I should say, and what message I should deliver.
John 14:21It is the person who has my commands and lays them to heart who loves me; and the person who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them, and will reveal myself to them.’
John 17:4I have honoured you on earth by completing the work which you have given me 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 →