English Standard Version
John 14:21
21Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him."
John 14:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
- New International Version (NIV)Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal myself to each of them.”
Context of John 14:21
19Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him." 22Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?" 23Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
Read all of John 14John 14:21 word by word
Ὁ ἔχων τὰς ἐντολάς μου καὶ τηρῶν αὐτάς, ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν ὁ ἀγαπῶν με· ὁ δὲ ἀγαπῶν με ἀγαπηθήσεται ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρός μου· κἀγὼ ἀγαπήσω αὐτὸν καὶ ἐμφανίσω αὐτῷ ἐμαυτόν.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- He thatὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- hathἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
- myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- commandmentsἐντολήentolē · commandmentG1785
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- keepethτηρέωtēreō · to keep: observeG5083
- themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- heἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
- it isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- lovethἀγαπάωagapaō · to loveG25
- andδέde · thenG1161
- ofὑπόhupo · by/under: byG5259
- Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
- will manifestἐμφανίζωemphanizō · to showG1718
- myselfἐμαυτοῦemautou emautō emauton · myselfG1683
Cross-references for John 14:21
- John 14:15"If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
- John 15:14You are my friends if you do what I command you.
- Genesis 26:3Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.
- Deuteronomy 10:12"And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
- Deuteronomy 11:13"And if you will indeed obey my commandments that I command you today, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
- Deuteronomy 30:6And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
- Psalms 119:4You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.
- Jeremiah 31:31"Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,
- Ezekiel 36:25I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
- Luke 11:28But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"
- 2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died;
- James 2:23and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"—and he was called a friend of God.
- 1 John 2:5but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:
- 1 John 3:18Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
- 1 John 5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.
- 2 John 1:6And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.
Commentaries on John 14:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21He it is that loveth me - See on John 14:15; (note). And will manifest myself to him - All my faithful disciples shall see me after my resurrection; and I will manifest my power and goodness to all those who believe in and obey me, even to the end of the world.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21He that hath - This intimate union is further manifested by these facts: 1.That true love to Jesus will produce obedience. See John 14:15. 2.That those who love him will be loved of the Father, showing that there is a union between the Father and the Son. 3.That Jesus also will love them, evincing still the same union. Religion is love. The love of one holy being or object is the love of all. The kingdom of God is one. His people, though called by…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-24Verses 18-24 Christ promises that he would continue his care of his disciples. I will not leave you orphans, or fatherless, for though I leave you, yet I leave you this comfort, I will come to you. I will come speedily to you at my resurrection. I will come daily to you in my Spirit; in the tokens of his love, and visits of his grace. I will come certainly at the end of time. Those only that see Christ with an eye of faith, shall see him for ever: the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-31Jesus provided answers to his disciples’ many spoken and unspoken concerns.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, &c.--(See on Joh 14:15). my Father and I will love him--Mark the sharp line of distinction here, not only between the Divine Persons but the actings of love in Each respectively, towards true disciples.Read the comment
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Commentaries on John 14
- 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
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