John 15:11

These things have I spoken The verse forms a conclusion to the allegory of the Vine. Comp. John 15:17; John 16:25; John 16:33.

might remain Better, may abide: but the reading is doubtful, and perhaps ought to be simply -may be;" that My joy(see on John 14:27) may be in you. This does not mean -that I may have pleasure in you;" but that the joy which Christ experienced through consciousness of His fellowship with the Father, and which supported Him in His sufferings, might be in His disciples and support them in theirs. Here first, on the eve of His sufferings, does Christ speak of His joy.

might be full Or, may be fulfilled. This expression of joy being fulfilled is peculiar to S. John (comp. John 3:29; John 16:24; John 17:13; 1 John 1:4; 2 John 1:12). The active occurs Philippians 2:2; -make my joy full;" but nowhere else. Human happiness can reach no higher than to share that joy which Christ ever felt in being loved by His Father and doing His will.