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I commandἐντέλλομαιyouὑμῖνthese thingsταῦταso thatἵναyou loveἀγαπᾶτεone another.ἀλλήλους
John 15:17
Study it in the app“I command you these things so that you love one another.”
With the Greek beneath
John 15:17, word by word
- I commandἐντέλλομαιentellomai
command
Command, give orders.
Where else “entellomai” appears- you loveἀγαπᾶτεagapate
love
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
Where else “agapate” appears- one anotherἀλλήλουςallēlous
one another
One another, each other.
Where else “allēlous” appears
The context
16You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you may go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give you.
17 · This verse (above)
18If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated 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?