Commentary Critical and Explanatory
John 15:12
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. See the notes at John 13:34.
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. See the notes at John 13:34.
Verse John 15:12. _THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER_] John 13:34, John 13:34. So deeply was thus commandment engraved on the heart of this evangelist that St. Jerome says, lib. iii. c. 6, Com. ad _Galat_., t...
THIS IS MY COMMANDMENT - The special law of Christianity, called hence “the new commandment.” See the notes at John 13:34. AS I HAVE LOVED YOU - That is, with the same tender affection, willing to end...
CHAPTER 15 1. The Vine and the Branch. (John 15:1 .) 2. Communion with Him and its Conditions.(John 15:9 .) 3. Love One Another! and the Hatred of the World. (John 15:17 .) Israel is called a vine...
JOHN 15. THE VINE. The relation of the following Chapter s to 14 has been discussed. The Parœ mia, or parable-like discourse, reminds us of the parable or metaphor of the Good Shepherd in ch. 10. Two...
THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER, AS. HAVE LOVED YOU. The greatness of his love for the disciples has been shown. Thus they must love one another. The thought developed is, 1. Love the bond that unites Fathe...
"I have spoken these things to you that my joy might be in you, and that your joy might be complete. This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you. No one has greater love tha...
THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES (John 15:1-10)...
MY COMMANDMENT. My charge to you. As the Father's charge to Me (John 15:10) so My charge to you. Compare John 13:34. AS. even as. have LOVED. loved, as in John 15:9....
The Union of the Disciples with one another in Christ 12. _This is my commandment_ Literally, _This is the commandment that is Mine_(see on John 14:17). In John 15:10 He said that to keep His commandm...
THE UNION OF THE DISCIPLES WITH ONE ANOTHER IN CHRIST...
Ἡ ἘΝΤ. Ἡ ἘΜΉ. see on John 3:29. In John 15:10 He said that to keep His commandments was the way to abide in His love. He now reminds them what His commandment is (see on John 13:34). It includes all o...
Ver 12. This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you. 13. Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14. You are my friends, if you do w...
ΆΓΑΠΆΤΕ _praes. conj. act., см._ John 15:9. _Conj._ с ΪΝ (G2443) передает содержание повеления, ΉΓΆΠΗΣΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΓΑΠΆΩ....
DISCOURSE: 1695 LOVE TO THE BRETHREN John 15:12. _This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you_. THE law and the Gospel are in perfect unison with each other: the law, _as a...
THIS IS MY COMMANDMENT,— "As I told you before, ch. John 13:34.—_the chief_ of all the _commandments_ which I enjoin you, whether as apostles or private Christians, _is, that ye love one another._—I d...
FRANK UNION OF FRIENDS _Text 15:12-17_ 12 This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his f...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS Special Study THE CHRISTIAN SYNDROME (John 15:1-17) If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my life; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. Thes...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 15:7-16 Below is an Analysis of the second section of John 15:— That the theme of this second section of John 15 is the same as was before us in its opening por...
12 As the Lord had explained in His kingdom proclamation, the whole law was included in the one word, love. Love to God and love to man is far more than all the precepts of the law. So, in His final c...
See John 13:34....
THE TRUE YINE. THE WITNESS OF THE COMFORTER AND OF THE APOSTLES 1-17. The allegory of the True Vine and its interpretation. The metaphor of 'the vine' was suggested by 'the fruit of the vine' which ha...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 15 JESUS TEACHES ABOUT THE *VINE AND THE BRANCHES 15:1-17 V1 Then Jesus said, ‘I am like the perfect *vine. My *Father...
THIS IS MY COMMANDMENT. — Comp. Note on John 13:34. In John 15:10 keeping of His commandments was laid down as the means of abiding in His love. He now reminds them that that which was specially the c...
John 15:1 XII. _ THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES._ "Arise, let us go hence. I am the true Vine, and My Father is the Husbandman. Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit, He taketh it away: and every bra...
_The disciples are urged to fulfil Christ's purposes in the world, and are assured that if they abide in the love of Christ they will receive all they need for fruit-bearing_....
And that they might know definitely what His commandment (John 15:10) is, He says, αὕτη … ὑμᾶς. “This is my commandment, that ye love one another as I have loved you.” Perhaps they expected minute, de...
“I HAVE CALLED YOU FRIENDS” John 15:10-16 We must estimate the Father's love to Jesus before we can measure His love to us. We are told to love one another with the same love, but enabling power is n...
Our Lord now uttered the great allegory of the vine. Certain words in it arrest our attention, "the vine," "the branches," "the fruit." The close interrelationship between these is emphasized, and our...
CHAPTER 23 THE VALEDICTORY SERMON John 14-16. Now that the Passover meal has been enjoyed, and that celebrated Mosaic institution totally eclipsed by bloody Calvary, normally verified and abolished f...
1. 15:1-17. After the words: “Let us go hence,” Jesus and the disciples left the room which had just been to them, as it were, the vestibule of the Father's house. Whither do they go? According to _We...
VER. 12. “ _This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you._ ” Comp. John 13:34. This is the normal relation of the branches to one another, which has as its condition the norma...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 12-17. 1. The statement of John 15:13 is, of course, to be interpreted in view of the subject which is occupying the thought of Jesus. The love of enemie...
II. THE POSITION OF THE DISCIPLES IN THE WORLD AFTER THE OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT: 15:1-16:15. Jesus had just promised to His own, in ch. 14, the twofold reunion, heavenly and earthly, in which the se...
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. (10) If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his lov...
In John 15:1-27 our Lord substitutes Himself for Israel, as the plant of God, responsible to bear fruit for Him on earth (not merely for man, as such, openly sinful and lost). He takes the place of th...
12._This is my commandment. _Since it is proper that we regulate our life according to the _commandment _of Christ, it is necessary, first of all, that we should understand what it is that he _wills _...
The beginning of this chapter, and that which relates to the vine, belongs to the earthly portion to that which Jesus was on earth to His relationship with His disciples as on the earth, and does not...
THIS IS MY COMMANDMENT, THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER,.... Christ had been before speaking of his commandments; and he mentions this as the principal one, and to which all the rest may be reduced; for as t...
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Ver. 12. _This is my commandment_] Love is the complement of the law and the supplement of the gospel....
_This is my commandment_ This I especially enjoin you, whether as apostles or private Christians; _that ye love one another_ Cordially and constantly; even, if it be possible, with as great fervency a...
MY COMMANDMENT; chap John 13:34....
THE NEW STATUS OF CHRIST'S DISCIPLES. The joy of the Christians:...
THIS IS MY COMMANDMENT, THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER, AS I HAVE LOVED YOU....
THE MINISTRY OF EXHORTATION CHRIST THE TRUE VINE (vs.1-8) The Lord's ministry of comfort, or of binding up, has been seen in chapter 14. Now in chapter 15 it is that of stirring up, or of exhortatio...
9-17 Those whom God loves as a Father, may despise the hatred of all the world. As the Father loved Christ, who was most worthy, so he loved his disciples, who were unworthy. All that love the Saviou...
This is that which our Lord called the NEW COMMANDMENT. 1 THESSALONIANS 13:34: SEE POOLE ON "1 THESSALONIANS 13:34". He had before pressed the keeping of his words, continuing and abiding in his words...
Cyprian Epistle VII And the Lord has bidden us with His own voice, saying, "This is my command, that ye love one another."[11] Cyprian Treatise I On the Unity of the Church Discord cannot attain to...
John 15:12 This G3778 is G2076 (G5748) My G1699 commandment G1785 that G2443 love G25 (G5725) another...
2). AS THE NEW ISRAEL THE DISCIPLES ARE TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER (JOHN 15:12). The fruit required of the branches of the vine is now clearly expressed. As branches of the true Vine they are to love one ano...
“This is what I command you (my commandment) that you love one another, just as I have loved you. Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if...
John 15:12. THIS IS MY COMMANDMENT, THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER, EVEN AS I LOVED YOU. The sum of what was to be said in this part of the discourse has been spoken. One point needs further elucidation lov...
We have already considered the circumstances under which the two Chapter s upon which we now enter were spoken; and, if we have been correct in the view taken of them, we are not to imagine that the f...
THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER (ινα αγαπατε αλληλους). Non-final use of ινα, introducing a subject clause in apposition with εντολη (commandment) and the present active subjunctive of αγαπαω, "that ye ke...
John 15:12. _This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you._ O beloved, do keep this commandment! Overlook each other's infirmities. Bear with each other's faults. Love one an...
Thus speaks the Lord Jesus: John 15:1. _I am the true vine,_ Many questions have been raised about which is the true Church; the Saviour answers them, «I am the true vine.» All who are united, reall...
John 15:1. _I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman._ Not only the Mosaic law, but the whole creation is full of types of Christ. All the vines that we see in this world are only as it we...
Many of you know the words of this chapter by heart; you could repeat them without a mistake. May the savor of them abide in your hearts even as the letter of them abides in your memory! John 15:1. _...
John 15:9. _As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you:_ Oh, drink this nectar down! It is as when Cleopatra dissolved the pearl into a single draught; for here is the choicest pearl of truth t...
CONTENTS: Jesus' discourse on the vine and the branches. The believer and the world. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples. CONCLUSION: Jesus is the true vine, in which the life of believers, as abiding...
John 15:1. _I am the true vine._ The vine through every age had designated the Hebrew church; here the Lord employs it to designate the Christian church, of which he is the head, and the source of lif...
12-14. JUST AS I LOVE YOU. All of Christ's commands are contained in this, and grow out of this seed! They may have expected detailed instructions, but instead, his love was to be their guide. IS TO G...
SO THAT MY JOY MAY BE IN YOU. He says this as he faces the Cross!!! It gives him great joy to obey the Father's commands. They also will find great joy in obeying his commands. So will we!...
_This is My commandment, that ye love one another_ THE GREAT COMMANDMENT OF CHRIST I. THE LOVE OF CHRIST. Remember 1. How free it was. We did not merit it, ask for it, nor even desire it. And here i...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 15:12 LOVE must be the distinguishing mark of Jesus’ disciples (compare v. John 15:13;...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 15:1 The OT frequently uses the vineyard or vine as a symbol for Israel, God’s covenant people. Note the two “vineyard songs” in Isaiah 1:1 ...
1-26 CHAPTER 15 VER. 1. _I am the true Vine_. The Greek has a double art. _ή άμπελος ή α̉ληθινὴ_, _the vine the true_. The Syriac is, _I am that vine of truth_. Christ here sets forth the parable of...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 15:1. TRUE VINE.—Christ and the disciples were now on the way to Gethsemane. Their passing through the vineyards, etc., surrounding the city may have suggested th...
EXPOSITION JOHN 15:1 (7) _The parable of the vine and its branches_._ Incorporation of the disciples into one personality with himself_._ _The image of the vine may have been suggested by some visib...
Tonight let's turn now to John's gospel chapter 15, as we follow Jesus in His last hours prior to the cross. Jesus had been at the last supper with His disciples there in the upper room somewhere in J...
1 John 2:7; 1 John 3:11; 1 John 3:23; 1 John 4:21; 1 Peter 1:22;...
My commandment [η ε ν τ ο λ η η ε μ η]. The commandment which is mine. That ye love [ι ν α]. Indicating not merely the nature of the commandment, but its purport....
THE HOLY GHOST John 15:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are confronted with one of the great themes of Scripture. The word "Ghost" is an old English word meaning "guest." The Holy Spirit is the Holy Ghost,...
Your joy will be full, if ye so love one another....
Our Lord had often in this farewell sermon of his to his dear disciples, pressed upon them the duty of loving one another, chap. 13 and 14. And yet here he inforces it from his own example: AS. have l...