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Selected Verse: John 15:9 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 15:9 |
King James |
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| continue ye in my love--not, "Continue to love Me," but, "Continue in the possession and enjoyment of My love to you"; as is evident from the next words. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
As the Father hath loved me - The love of the Father toward his only-begotten Son is the highest affection of which we can conceive. Compare Mat 3:17; Mat 17:5. It is the love of God toward his coequal Son. who is like him in all things, who always pleased him, and who was willing to endure the greatest sacrifices and toils to accomplish his purpose of mercy. Yet this love is adduced to illustrate the tender affection which the Lord Jesus has for all his friends.
So have I loved you - Not to the same degree, for this was impossible, but with the same kind of love - deep, tender. unchanging; love prompting to self-denials, toils, and sacrifices to secure their welfare.
Continue ye - The reason which he gives for their doing this is the strength of the love which he had shown for them. His love was so great for them that he was about to lay down his life. This constitutes a strong reason why we should continue in his love:
1. Because the love which he shows for us is unchanging.
2. It is the love of our best friend - love whose strength was expressed by toils, and groans, and blood.
3. As he is unchanging in the character and strength of his affection, so should we be. Thus only can we properly express our gratitude; thus only show that we are his true friends.
4. Our happiness here and forever depends altogether on our continuing in the love of Christ. We have no source of permanent joy but in that love.
In my love - In love to me. Thus it is expressed in the Greek in the next verse. The connection also demands that we understand it of our love to him, and not of his love to us. The latter cannot be the subject of a command; the former may. See also Luk 11:42; Jo1 2:5; Jde 1:21. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
In my love (ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ τῇ ἐμῇ)
Literally, in the love, that which is mine. Not only the love of the disciple for Christ, nor the love of Christ for the disciple, but the Christ-principle of love which includes both. See the same form of expression in the joy that is mine, Joh 15:11; Joh 3:29; Joh 17:13; the judgment (Joh 5:30; Joh 8:16); the commandments (Joh 14:15); peace (Joh 14:27). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Abide ye in my love - Keep your place in my affection. See that ye do not forfeit that invaluable blessing. How needless a caution, if it were impossible for them not to abide therein? |
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.