Study it in the app“Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.”
Jesus ties loving him and keeping his word to living close to GodThe Word of GodWhoever keeps his words is loved by the Father and he comes to live with themFollowing Jesus
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Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appearsanswer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apekrithē” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appearslove
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
Where else “agapai” appearskeep
To obey what is commanded.
Where else “tērēsei” appearsmessage
What God says, proclaimed to people.
Where else “logon” appearsFather
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patēr” appearscome
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “eleusometha” appearsmake
To bring something into being: to make or create it.
Where else “poiēsometha” appearsdwelling place
Dwelling place, a place where one stays to live.
Where else “monēn” appears22Judas (not Iscariot) says to him, “Lord, what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?”
23 · This verse (above)
24Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; and the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.
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?
