Study it in the app“No 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.”
Jesus no longer calls us slaves but friendsPurposeJesus says he no longer calls them servants but friendsFriendshipJesus no longer calls his own slaves, but friendsLoneliness
No longerοὐκέτιdo I callλέγωyouὑμᾶςslaves,δούλουςbecauseὅτιthe slaveὁ δοῦλοςdoes notοὐκknowοἶδενwhatτίhis masterαὐτοῦ ὁ κύριοςis doing;ποιεῖbutδὲI have calledεἴρηκαyouὑμᾶςfriends,φίλουςbecauseὅτιallπάνταthatἃI have heardἤκουσαfromπαρὰmy Fatherτοῦ πατρός μουI have made knownἐγνώρισαto you.ὑμῖν
call
To call someone by a name.
Where else “legō” appearsslave
A person who belongs to a master and serves him.
Where else “doulous” appearsknow
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oiden” appearsmaster
The one who has something in his charge and rules over it.
Where else “kyrios” appearsdo
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiei” appearsfriend
Friend.
Where else “philous” appearshear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “ēkousa” appearsFather
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patros” appearsmake known
To let others learn something.
Where else “egnōrisa” appears14You are my friends if you do what I command you.
15 · This verse (above)
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.
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?
