John 15:9
As the Father loved me, I also loved you: abide in my love.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
In Context
8In this my Father is glorified, that you may bear much fruit; and ye shall be my disciples.
Cross References
John 15:13No one has greater love than this, that he may lay down his soul for his friends.
John 17:26I made known thy name to them, and will make it known; in order that the love with which thou didst love me may be in them, and I in them.
1 John 2:28And now, little children, abide in him; in order that, if he may appear, we may have boldness, and not shrink with embarrassment from him in his presence.
Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstbegotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To the one loving us with divine love, and having washed us from our sins in His own blood,
Matthew Henry on John 15:2-9
Christ the True Vine. 1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same… Read the whole commentary →