Study it in the app“Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he is the one who loves me. And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him.””
Whoever keeps his words is loved by the Father and he comes to live with themFollowing Jesus
Whoeverὁhasἔχωνmy commandmentsτὰς ἐντολάς μουandκαὶkeepsτηρῶνthem,αὐτὰςheἐκεῖνόςisἐστινthe one whoὁlovesἀγαπῶνme.μεAndδὲwhoeverὁlovesἀγαπῶνmeμεwill be lovedἀγαπηθήσεταιbyὑπὸmy Father,τοῦ πατρός μουand Iκἀγὼwill loveἀγαπήσωhimαὐτὸνandκαὶrevealἐμφανίσωmyselfἐμαυτόνto him.”αὐτῷ
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echōn” appearscommandment
What God or Jesus orders to be done, with his authority, to be carried out.
Where else “entolas” appearskeep
To obey what is commanded.
Where else “tērōn” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearslove
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
Where else “agapōn” appearsFather
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patros” appearsand I, I also
And I, I too.
Where else “kagō” appearsappear
To show oneself to others so they see and know one.
Where else “emphanisō” appearsmyself
Myself.
Where else “emauton” appears20On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
21 · This verse (above)
22Judas (not Iscariot) says to him, “Lord, what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?”
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?
