John 15:9
As my Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in the love of me.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 is the Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and ye will be my disciples.
Cross References
John 15:13There is no greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 17:26And I have made known to them thy name; and I will make it known; so that the love, with which thou lovedst me, may be in them, and I in them.
1 John 2:28And now, my children, remain ye in him; that so, when he shall be manifested, we may not be ashamed before him, but may have an open countenance at his coming.
Revelation 1:5and from Jesus the Messiah, the Witness, the Faithful, the First-born of the dead, and the Prince of the kings of the earth; who hath loved us, and released us from our sins by his 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 →