John 14:15

John 14:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If ye love me, keep my commandments.
• New International Version (NIV)“If you love me, keep my commands.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“If you love Me, keep My commandments.

Context of John 14:15

13I will do anything you ask ⌞the Father⌟ in my name so that the Father will be given glory because of the Son. 14If you ask me to do something, I will do it. “If you love me, you will obey my commandments. 16I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper who will be with you forever. 17That helper is the Spirit of Truth. The world cannot accept him, because it doesn’t see or know him. You know him, because he lives with you and will be in you.

John 14:15 word by word

Ἐὰν ἀγαπᾶτέ με, τὰς ἐντολὰς τὰς ἐμὰς τηρήσετε.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• ye loveἀγαπάωagapaō · to loveG25
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• keepτηρέωtēreō · to keep: observeG5083
• myἐμόςemos · mineG1699
• commandmentsἐντολήentolē · commandmentG1785

Cross-references for John 14:15

• John 14:21Whoever knows and obeys my commandments is the person who loves me. Those who love me will have my Father’s love, and I, too, will love them and show myself to them.”
• John 8:42Jesus told them, “If God were your Father, you would love me. After all, I’m here, and I came from God. I didn’t come on my own. Instead, God sent me.
• John 15:10If you obey my commandments, you will live in my love. I have obeyed my Father’s commandments, and in that way I live in his love.
• John 21:15After they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than the other disciples do?” Peter answered him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” Jesus told him, “Feed my lambs.”
• Matthew 10:37“The person who loves his father or mother more than me does not deserve to be my disciple. The person who loves a son or daughter more than me does not deserve to be my disciple.
• Matthew 25:34“Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, my Father has blessed you! Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.
• 1 Corinthians 16:22If anyone doesn’t love the Lord, let him be cursed! Our Lord, come!
• 2 Corinthians 5:14Clearly, Christ’s love guides us. We are convinced of the fact that one man has died for all people. Therefore, all people have died.
• 2 Corinthians 8:8I’m not commanding you, but I’m testing how genuine your love is by pointing out the dedication of others.
• Galatians 5:6As far as our relationship to Christ Jesus is concerned, it doesn’t matter whether we are circumcised or not. But what matters is a faith that expresses itself through love.
• Ephesians 3:16I’m asking God to give you a gift from the wealth of his glory. I pray that he would give you inner strength and power through his Spirit.
• Ephesians 6:24His favor is with everyone who has an undying love for our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Philippians 1:20I eagerly expect and hope that I will have nothing to be ashamed of. I will speak very boldly and honor Christ in my body, now as always, whether I live or die.
• Philippians 3:7These things that I once considered valuable, I now consider worthless for Christ.
• 1 Peter 1:8Although you have never seen Christ, you love him. You don’t see him now, but you believe in him. You are extremely happy with joy and praise that can hardly be expressed in words
• 1 John 2:3We are sure that we know Christ if we obey his commandments.

Commentaries on John 14:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15If ye love me, keep my commandments - Do not be afflicted at the thought of my being separated from you: the most solid proof ye can give of your attachment to and affection for me is to keep my commandments. This I shall receive as a greater proof of your affection than your tears.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15If ye love me - Do not show your love by grief at my departure merely; or by profession, but by obedience. Keep my commandments - This is the only proper evidence of love to Jesus, for mere profession is no proof of love; but that love for him which leads us to do all his will, to love each other, to deny ourselves, to take up our cross, and to follow him through evil report and through good report, is true attachment. The evidence which we have that a…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-17Verses 12-17 Whatever we ask in Christ's name, that shall be for our good, and suitable to our state, he shall give it to us. To ask in Christ's name, is to plead his merit and intercession, and to depend upon that plea. The gift of the Spirit is a fruit of Christ's mediation, bought by his merit, and received by his intercession. The word used here, signifies an advocate, counsellor, monitor, and comforter. He would abide with the disciples to the end of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15If you love me: Because Jesus loves the Father, he is obedient to what God directs him to say and do (12:49). If we love him, we will obey him, too (14:21, 23; 15:10, 14; see 1 John 2:3–4; 5:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1715-17. If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, &c.--This connection seems designed to teach that the proper temple for the indwelling Spirit of Jesus is a heart filled with that love to Him which lives actively for Him, and so this was the fitting preparation for the promised gift. he shall give you another Comforter--a word used only by John; in his Gospel with reference to the Holy Spirit, in his First Epistle (1Jo 2:1), with…Read the comment

Topics related to John 14:15

• Commandments
• Duty
• Love
• Obedience
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

• Believe
• Comforter
• Comfortless
• Hence
• Present
• Suffice
• Truth
• Works, Good
• Atonement
• Commandment; Commandments

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