Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 15:14
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you — On this condition, not otherwise. A thunderbolt for Antinomianism! Who then dares assert that God's love does not at all depend on man's works?
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you — On this condition, not otherwise. A thunderbolt for Antinomianism! Who then dares assert that God's love does not at all depend on man's works?
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...
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT. MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. The highest human exhibition of love that earth has ever seen was this. Damon had been ready to die for Pythias; father...
"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)...
WHATSOEVER. The texts read "the things which"....
_Ye are my friends_ -Ye" is emphatic: -and when I say "friends," I mean you." This shews that -friends" was used simply because He was speaking to the Apostles. _whatsoever I command you_ Better, THE...
ὙΜΕΙ͂Σ ΦΊΛΟΙ. Ὑμεῖς is emphatic: ‘and when I say “friends” I mean you.’ This shews that ‘friends’ was used simply because He was speaking to Apostles....
THE UNION OF THE DISCIPLES WITH ONE ANOTHER IN CHRIST...
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...
ΠΟΙΉΤΕ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать. _Conj._ вырадаает условие....
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,— "My _love_ to you is _stronger_ than death; for I will lay down my life for you: a greater degree of love than this never existed in the world; this is the love th...
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...
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...
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...
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. YE ARE MY FRIENDS, IF YE DO WHATSOEVER I COMMAND YOU - `if ye hold yourselves in absolute subjection to Me.'...
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...
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...
YE ARE MY FRIENDS... — Stress is to be laid upon the pronoun, “_Ye_ are My friends...” “Ye are those of whom I have just spoken, and for whom I am about to give the greatest proof of love.” IF YE DO W...
XIII. _ NOT SERVANTS, BUT FRIENDS._ "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are My friends, if ye do the things which I command you. No longer do I call y...
_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_....
Then comes the application: ὑμεῖς … ὑμῖν. “Ye are my friends, if ye do what I command you.” You may expect of me this greatest demonstration of love, and therefore every minor demonstration of it whic...
“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...
You are my friends. A wonderful condescension, says St. Augustine, in our blessed Redeemer, who was God as well as man, to call such poor and sinful creatures, his friends; who, when we have done all...
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...
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...
“ _You are my friends, if you do whatsoever I command you._ 15. _I call you no longer servants, because the servant knows not what his master does; but I have named you friends, because I have made kn...
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...
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...
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...
14._You are my friends. _He does not mean that we obtain so great an honor by our own merit, but only reminds them of the condition on which he receives us into favor, and deigns to reckon us among hi...
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...
YE ARE MY FRIENDS,.... This is an application of the foregoing passage, and more, clearly explains it. The character of "friends", is applied to the disciples of Christ; and belongs, not only to his a...
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Ver. 14. _If ye do whatsoever, &c._] In desire and endeavour lifting at the latch, though ye cannot open the door, and looking to both the _magna...
_Greater love_ To his friends, (of whom here he only speaks,) _hath no man than this_ That is, a greater degree of love than this never existed in the world; _that a man lay down his life for his frie...
THE NEW STATUS OF CHRIST'S DISCIPLES. The joy of the Christians:...
YE ARE MY FRIENDS IF YE DO WHATSOEVER I COMMAND YOU. The parable of the Vine and the branches with its application had a definite object, namely, that the joy which Christ has enjoyed, which is His in...
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...
Our Lord presseth obedience to his commandments as a means, and indeed the only means, by which we can declare our love to Christ; and also useth a new argument to press their obedience, from his assu...
Cyprian Epistle LXII For if in the sacrifice which Christ offered none is to be followed but Christ, assuredly it behoves us to obey and do that which Christ did, and what He commanded to be done, si...
John 15:14 You G5210 are G2075 (G5748) My G3450 friends G5384 if G1437 do G4160 (G5725) whatever...
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 15:14. YE ARE MY FRIENDS, IF YE DO THAT WHICH I COMMAND YOU. We have here no second motive to the exercise of brotherly love, based upon the obedience which the friends of Jesus are bound to rend...
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...
IF YE DO (εαν ποιητε). Condition of third class with εαν and the present active subjunctive, "if ye keep on doing," not just spasmodic obedience. Just a different way of saying what is in verse John...
John 15:13 Friendship with Christ Observe: I. That the overtures of this friendship came first from Christ Himself, had their spring in considerations which could have originated with the Divine min...
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...
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...
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...
_Ye are My friends if ye do whatsoever I command you_ CHRIST’S FRIENDS Notice I. WHAT CHRIST’S FRIENDS DO FOR HIM (John 15:16). In the former verse, “friends” means chiefly those whom He loved. Her...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 15:13 YOU ARE MY FRIENDS. In the OT, only Abraham and Moses are called friends of God (Exodus 33:11;...
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...
_I will not henceforth call you servants_ : _for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth, i.e_. what he intends and proposes to do. VER. 15. _But I have called you friends._ S. Augustine (_Tract_....
_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 5:3; 2 Chronicles 20:7; Isaiah 41:8; James 2:23; John 13:17;...
I command [ε ν τ ε λ λ ο μ α ι]. Of several words for command in the New Testament, this one is always used of giving a specific injunction or precept. The kindred noun, ejntolh, means an order, a cha...
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,...
Here Christ invites his people to obedience, by the honourable title of friends: YE ARE MY FRIENDS. 1. Actively, you will declare and manifest yourselves to be my friends.- 2. Passively,. will decla...