John 15:14

John 15:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
• New International Version (NIV)You are my friends if you do what I command.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You are my friends if you do what I command you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.

Context of John 15:14

12This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13No one has greater love than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends if ye practise whatever I command you. 15I call you no longer bondmen, for the bondman does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things which I have heard of my Father I have made known to you. 16Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and have set you that ye should go and [that] ye should bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide, that whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he may give you.

John 15:14 word by word

ὑμεῖς φίλοι μού ἐστε ἐὰν ποιῆτε ἃ ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαι ὑμῖν.Read the interlinear

• areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• friendsφίλοςphilos · friendly/friendG5384
• commandἐντέλλωentellomai · to orderG1781

Cross-references for John 15:14

• John 14:15If ye love me, keep my commandments.
• 2 Chronicles 20:7Hast not thou, our God, dispossessed the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and given it for ever to the seed of Abraham, thy friend?
• Isaiah 41:8But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, my friend
• Matthew 12:50for whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in [the] heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
• Luke 12:4But I say to you, my friends, Fear not those who kill the body and after this have no more that they can do.
• James 2:23And the scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness, and he was called Friend of God.
• John 2:5His mother says to the servants, Whatever he may say to you, do.
• John 13:17If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them.
• John 14:21He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; but he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him.
• 1 John 5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous.

Commentaries on John 15:14

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-17Verses 9-17 Those whom God loves as a Father, may despise the hatred of all the world. As the Father loved Christ, who was most worthy, so he loved his disciples, who were unworthy. All that love the Saviour should continue in their love to him, and take all occasions to show it. The joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment, but the joy of those who abide in Christ's love is a continual feast. They are to show their love to him by keeping his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-16God considered Abraham and Moses to be his friends (Exodus 33:11; 2 Chronicles 20:7; Isaiah 41:8; James 2:23). This is the closest relationship possible between God and a person. Jesus chooses his friends (John 15:16). They demonstrate their friendship by obeying him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1612-16. That ye love one another, &c.--(See on Joh 13:34, 35).Read the comment

Topics related to John 15:14

• Commandments
• Duty
• Friends
• Obedience
• Righteous
• Works

In the dictionaries

• Cloke
• Herein
• Atonement
• Comforter
• Communion; (fellowship)
• Friend; Friendship
• Holy Spirit
• Jesus Christ
• Johannine Theology
• John, Gospel of

Commentaries on John 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings