Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. New Living Translation “I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. English Standard Version As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. Berean Standard Bible As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love. Berean Literal Bible As the Father has loved Me, I also have loved you. Abide in My Love. King James Bible As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. New King James Version “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. New American Standard Bible Just as the Father has loved Me, I also have loved you; remain in My love. NASB 1995 “Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. NASB 1977 “Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. Legacy Standard Bible Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. Amplified Bible I have loved you just as the Father has loved Me; remain in My love [and do not doubt My love for you]. Christian Standard Bible “As the Father has loved me, I have also loved you. Remain in my love. Holman Christian Standard Bible “As the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you. Remain in My love. American Standard Version Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “Just as my Father has loved me, even so I have loved you; continue in my friendship.” Contemporary English Version I have loved you, just as my Father has loved me. So remain faithful to my love for you. Douay-Rheims Bible As the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you. Abide in my love. English Revised Version Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love. GOD'S WORD® Translation "I have loved you the same way the Father has loved me. So live in my love. Good News Translation I love you just as the Father loves me; remain in my love. International Standard Version Just as the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. So abide in my love. Literal Standard Version According as the Father loved Me, I also loved you, remain in My love; Majority Standard Bible As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love. New American Bible As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. NET Bible "Just as the Father has loved me, I have also loved you; remain in my love. New Revised Standard Version As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. New Heart English Bible Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love. Webster's Bible Translation As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. Weymouth New Testament As the Father has loved me, I have also loved you: continue in my love. World English Bible Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love. Young's Literal Translation According as the Father did love me, I also loved you, remain in my love; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context No Greater Love…8This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples. 9As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love. 10If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.… Cross References John 3:35 The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands. John 17:23 I in them and You in Me--that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me. John 17:24 Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world. John 17:26 And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them." Treasury of Scripture As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you: continue you in my love. the Father. John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 17:23,26 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me… Ephesians 3:18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; continue. John 15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 1 John 2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. Jude 1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Jump to Previous Abide Continue LovedJump to Next Abide Continue LovedJohn 15 1. The union of Jesus and his members shown under the parable of a vine.18. The hatred of the world. 26. The office of the Holy Spirit. (9) As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you.--Better, As the Father hath loved Me, I have also loved you. He had passed from the thought of their discipleship to the foundation of their union with Him and with God. It was in the eternal love of the Father, ever going forth to the Son, and from the Son ever going forth to all who would receive it. The Father's love and presence was ever with the Son, because the Son ever did those things which were pleasing to Him. (Comp. Note on John 8:31.) The love of the Son is ever present wherever willing heart of obedient disciple is open to its power. Continue ye in my love.--Better, abide ye in My love. The word "continue" misses the connection with the context. By "My love" is meant, not "love to Me in your hearts," but, "My love towards you." The one produces the other. "We love Him because He hath first loved us;" but that which is prominent in the thought here is His love to the disciples, which He has just compared to the Father's love to Himself. Verse 9. - Two ways of explaining this verse: Even as - inasmuch as - the Father hath loved me, and as I have loved you, abide in my love; i.e., as Grotius has put it, the first clause suggesting accordance with the mystery of the Trinity, and the second the mystery of redemption: "So do ye continue, or so do ye abide, in the amplitude of this double love which is mine, dwell in it as in a holy atmosphere, breathe it and live by it." But there is another and more satisfactory way of translating the passage: Even as the Father loved me, I also loved you; a fact of stupendous interest and transcendent claim. Heaven had opened over the incarnate Word, and other ears as well as his own had heard the Father say, "Thou art my beloved Son," etc. The Lord was conscious of being the Object of this infinite love before the foundation of the world (John 17:24), and of reciprocating and responding to it; and this love of the Father to him on his assumption of his mediatorial functions was the well-spring of his obedience unto death and after it (see John 10:17, note). Now, if theParallel Commentaries ... Greek AsAdverb Strong's 2531: According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Father Πατήρ (Patēr) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. has loved ἠγάπησέν (ēgapēsen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love. Me, Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. so Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular Strong's 2504: To also, I too, but I. From kai and ego; so also the dative case kamoi, and accusative case kame and I, me. have I loved ἠγάπησα (ēgapēsa) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love. you. ὑ Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. Remain μείνατε (meinate) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 3306: To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay. in ἐ Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. My ἐ Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Feminine 1st Person Singular Strong's 1699: My, mine. From the oblique cases of ego; my. love. ἀγάπῃ (agapē) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 26: From agapao; love, i.e. Affection or benevolence; specially a love-feast. Links John 15:9 NIVJohn 15:9 NLT John 15:9 ESV John 15:9 NASB John 15:9 KJV John 15:9 BibleApps.com John 15:9 Biblia Paralela John 15:9 Chinese Bible John 15:9 French Bible John 15:9 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: John 15:9 Even as the Father has loved me (Jhn Jo Jn) |