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

12“This is My commandment, that you love one another just as I have loved you. 13No one has greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you. 15“I am no longer calling you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing. Now I have called you friends, because everything I have heard from My Father I have made known to you. 16“You did not choose Me, but I chose you. I selected you so that you would go and produce fruit, and your fruit would remain. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in My name.

John 15:14 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yeσύsu · youG4771
• areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• friendsφίλοςphilos · friendly/friendG5384
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• ye doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• whatsoeverὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• commandἐντέλλωentellomai · to orderG1781

Cross-references for John 15:14

• John 14:15“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
• 2 Chronicles 20:7Are You not our God who drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and gave it to the descendants of Your friend Abraham forever?
• Isaiah 41:8“But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham, My friend—
• Matthew 12:50For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother.”
• Luke 12:4“I say to you, My friends, you should not be afraid of those who kill the body, since after this they have nothing more they can do.
• James 2:23The Scripture was fulfilled that says, “And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness”—and he was called God’s friend.
• John 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
• John 13:17If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them!”
• John 14:21He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. He who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
• 1 John 5:3For this is the love of God—that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.

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