John 15:14

You show that you are my friends if you keep doing what I have commanded you.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

13The best way that people can show that they love someone is to die for that person. There is no way that you can love someone in a greater way than that.

15I will no longer call you my servants, because servants do not know why their masters want them to do things. Instead, I have said that you are my friends, because I, acting like a friend, have revealed to you everything that my Father told me.

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Cross References

Exodus 7:6Aaron and Moses/I did what Yahweh told them/us to do. They/We went and spoke to the king.

1 Kings 4:5Nathan’s son Azariah was the administrator of the governors. Another of Nathan’s sons, Zabud, was a priest and the king’s chief advisor.

2 Chronicles 20:7Our God, you expelled the people who lived in this land while your Israeli people advanced, and you certainly gave it to us who are descendants of your friend Abraham, to belong to us forever.

Isaiah 41:8Yahweh says, “ You people of Israel are like my servants; you are descendants of Jacob, whom I chose; you are descendants of Abraham, who I said is my friend.

Ezekiel 12:7So I did what Yahweh told me to do. During the day I brought things out of my house as though I was packing to go into exile. Then in the evening I dug through the city wall. Then while people watched, I put my sack of belongings on my shoulder and left.

Luke 12:4“My friends, listen carefully. Do not be afraid of people who are able to kill you, but after they kill you, there is nothing more that they can do to hurt you.

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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