John 15:11
9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.
- KJV
- These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
- WEB
- I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.
- ASV
- These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and [that] your joy may be made full.
- DARBY
- I have spoken these things to you that my joy may be in you, and your joy be full.
- BLB
- These things I have spoken to you⁺ so that My joy may be in you⁺ and your⁺ joy may be full.
- ÅB
- Dette har jeg talt til dere for at min glede kan være i dere, og deres glede kan bli fullkommen.
- OTB
- Jeg har talt disse tingene til dere for at min glede kan være i dere og at deres glede kan være fullkommen.
- B1930
- Dette har jeg talt til eder forat min glede kan være i eder, og eders glede kan bli fullkommen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 15:13
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Read in contextJohn 17:13
And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
Read in contextJohn 16:24
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Read in context1 Peter 1:8
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
Read in context1 John 1:4
And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
Read in contextJohn 16:33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Read in context2 John 1:12
Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:16
Rejoice evermore.
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