John 15:14
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.
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You are My friends if you do what I command you.
- KJV
- Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
- WEB
- You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.
- ASV
- Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.
- DARBY
- Ye are my friends if ye practise whatever I command you.
- BLB
- You⁺ are My friends if you⁺ do what I command you⁺.
- ÅB
- Dere er mine venner dersom dere gjør det jeg befaler dere.
- OTB
- Dere er mine venner når dere gjør det jeg befaler.
- B1930
- I er mine venner dersom I gjør det jeg byder eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 12:50
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Read in context1 John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
Read in contextJames 2:23
And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Read in contextJohn 14:21
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.
Read in contextJohn 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Read in contextJohn 13:17
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
Read in contextLuke 12:4
And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
Read in contextIsaiah 41:8
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
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