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Ifἐὰνyou keepτηρήσητεmy commandments,τὰς ἐντολάς μουyou will remainμενεῖτεinἐνmy love,τῇ ἀγάπῃ μουjust asκαθὼςIἐγὼhave keptτετήρηκαmy Father’sτοῦ πατρός μουcommandmentsτὰς ἐντολὰςandκαὶremainμένωinἐνhis love.αὐτοῦ τῇ ἀγάπῃ
John 15:10
Study it in the app“If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.”
Jesus says he speaks so that his joy may be in them and be completeJoy and thanks
With the Greek beneath
John 15:10, word by word
- you keepτηρήσητεtērēsēte
keep
To obey what is commanded.
Where else “tērēsēte” appears- my commandmentsἐντολάςentolas
commandment
What God or Jesus orders to be done, with his authority, to be carried out.
Where else “entolas” appears- you will remainμενεῖτεmeneite
remain
To stay joined to someone: "abide in me".
Where else “meneite” appears- my loveἀγάπῃagapēi
love
Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.
Where else “agapēi” appears- my Father’sπατρόςpatros
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patros” appears
The context
9As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; remain in my love.
10 · This verse (above)
11I have spoken these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.
To study John 15 in a group
1. What it says
Jesus calls himself the true vine. What does he say happens to the branch that stays in him and to the one that does not? (vv. 1-8)
2. What it means
Jesus says, “I no longer call you servants, but friends” (v. 15). According to the text, what makes someone a friend? (vv. 12-17)
3. How I live it
“Remain in my love” (v. 9). What simple habit would help you stay close to Jesus this week?