John 15:14
Ye be my friends if ye do those things, that I command to you.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
In Context
13No man hath more love than this, that a man put (forth) his life for his friends.
Cross References
Exodus 7:6And so Moses did and Aaron; as the Lord commanded, so they did. (And so Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded; yea, so they did.)
1 Kings 4:5Azariah, the son of Nathan, was upon them that stood nigh [to] the king (or was over those who stood close to the king, or was over the regional governors); Zabud, the son of Nathan, was [a] priest, a friend of the king;
2 Chronicles 20:7Whether not thou, our God, hast slain all the dwellers of this land before thy people Israel, and hast given it to the seed of Abraham, thy friend, [into] without end? (Hast not thou, our God, killed all the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and hast thou not given it to the descendants of Abraham, thy friend, forevermore?)
Isaiah 41:8And thou, Israel, (or But thou, Israel), (art) my servant, Jacob, whom I chose, the seed of Abraham, my friend,
Ezekiel 12:7Therefore I did as the Lord commanded to me; I brought forth my vessels, as the vessels of a man passing over by day, and in the eventide I digged (through) a wall to me with (mine) hand; I went out in darkness, and I was borne on shoulders, in the sight of them. (And so I did as the Lord commanded me; by day I brought forth my things, like the necessary things of a man going into exile, or into captivity, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my hands; then I went out in the darkness, in the sight of them, and I carried those things upon my shoulders.)
Luke 12:4And I say to you, my friends, be ye not afeared of them that slay the body, and after these things have no more what they shall 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 →