John 15:9

John 15:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
• New International Version (NIV)“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.
• English Standard Version (ESV)As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.

Context of John 15:9

7You must remain in me, and my teaching must remain in you. Then you may ask for anything that you want. God will do it for you. 8If you make plenty of fruit, that will give honour to my Father. You will show that you are truly my disciples. I have loved you in the same way that the Father has loved me. Continue to live in a way that shows my love. 10If you obey what I have told you, you will be living in my love. In the same way, I have obeyed what my Father has told me to do. In that way, I live in his love. 11I want you to be completely happy, in the same way that I myself am happy. That is why I have told you these things.

John 15:9 word by word

καθὼς ἠγάπησέν με ὁ πατήρ, κἀγὼ ὑμᾶς ἠγάπησα· μείνατε ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ τῇ ἐμῇ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• the Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• hath lovedἀγαπάωagapaō · to loveG25
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• so have Iκἀγώkagō kamoi kame · and IG2504
• youσύsu · youG4771
• continue yeμένωmenō · to stayG3306
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• myἐμόςemos · mineG1699
• loveἀγάπηagapē · loveG26

Cross-references for John 15:9

• John 15:13A person really loves his friends if he dies so that they can live. Nobody could love anyone more than that.
• John 17:23I will be in them, and you will be in me, so that they can be completely united. As a result, the world's people will know that you sent me. They will also know that you love my own people as you love me.
• Ephesians 3:18Then you will understand, with all God's people, how much Christ loves us. That love is very wide and long and high and deep!
• Revelation 1:5Jesus Christ will also help you. He always speaks a true message. He is the first person who became alive again after death. He rules the kings of the earth. Jesus loves us and he died for us. That is how he made us free. Because of Jesus, God will not punish us for the bad things that we have done.
• John 15:11I want you to be completely happy, in the same way that I myself am happy. That is why I have told you these things.
• 1 John 2:28Yes, my children, continue to live with Christ. Then we will not be ashamed when he returns to this world. We will not be afraid to meet him.
• Jude 1:20But you, my friends, have believed the message that comes from God himself. So you must help one another to trust God more and more. Pray to God with the help of the Holy Spirit.

Commentaries on John 15:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9As the Father hath loved me - The love of the Father toward his only-begotten Son is the highest affection of which we can conceive. Compare Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5. It is the love of God toward his coequal Son. who is like him in all things, who always pleased him, and who was willing to endure the greatest sacrifices and toils to accomplish his purpose of mercy. Yet this love is adduced to illustrate the tender affection which the Lord Jesus has for…Read the comment
• 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. 1-27Jesus prepared his disciples for his departure, instructing them to remain in close fellowship with him. The image of a grapevine illustrates both intimacy and fruitfulness. To sustain genuine spiritual life in the world, believers must remain intimately connected to Christ.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-119-11. continue ye in my love--not, "Continue to love Me," but, "Continue in the possession and enjoyment of My love to you"; as is evident from the next words.Read the comment

Topics related to John 15:9

• Commandments
• Decision
• God
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Love
• Perseverance
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

• Cloke
• Herein
• Atonement
• Children of God
• Comforter
• Communion; (fellowship)
• 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