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Youὑμεῖςareἐστεmyμούfriendsφίλοιifἐὰνyou doποιῆτεwhatἃIἐγὼcommandἐντέλλομαιyou.ὑμῖν
John 15:14
Study it in the app“You are my friends if you do what I command you.”
Jesus says he no longer calls them servants but friendsFriendship
With the Greek beneath
John 15:14, word by word
- areἐστεeste
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “este” appears- friendsφίλοιphiloi
friend
Friend.
Where else “philoi” appears- you doποιῆτεpoiēte
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiēte” appears- commandἐντέλλομαιentellomai
command
Command, give orders.
Where else “entellomai” appears
The context
13No one has greater love than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
14 · This verse (above)
15No longer do I call you slaves, because the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
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?