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IfἘὰνyou loveἀγαπᾶτέme,μεyou will keepτηρήσετεmyτὰς ἐμὰςcommandments.τὰς ἐντολὰς
John 14:15
Study it in the app“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”
Jesus: if you love me, you will keep my commandmentsObedience
With the Greek beneath
John 14:15, word by word
- you loveἀγαπᾶτέagapate
love
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
Where else “agapate” appears- you will keepτηρήσετεtērēsete
keep
To obey what is commanded.
Where else “tērēsete” appears- myἐμὰςemas
my, mine
My, mine.
Where else “emas” appears- commandmentsἐντολὰςentolas
commandment
What God or Jesus orders to be done, with his authority, to be carried out.
Where else “entolas” appears
The context
14If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
15 · This verse (above)
16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever,
To study John 14 in a group
1. What it says
Thomas asks how to know the way, and Philip asks to see the Father. What does Jesus answer each of them? (vv. 5-11)
2. What it means
Jesus promises another Advocate, the Spirit of truth, and leaves his peace (vv. 16-17, 26-27). What does he say the Advocate will do?
3. How I live it
Jesus says, “Do not let your heart be troubled or afraid” (v. 27). What troubles you today, and how could you place it in his hands?