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John 15:9,10
If you obey my commands. Obeying his commands gives you the right to claim his love. [He loved us in our rebellious condition (Romans 5:8).] We cannot love him and be rebellious at the same time.
If you obey my commands. Obeying his commands gives you the right to claim his love. [He loved us in our rebellious condition (Romans 5:8).] We cannot love him and be rebellious at the same time.
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 Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5. It is the love of God toward hi...
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...
AS THE FATHER HATH LOVED ME, SO. HAVE LOVED YOU. The Father loved the Son and dwelt in him as the Son in the Father, because of their mutual love. Love opens the heart of the disciple to Christ that...
"I am the real vine and my Father is the vine-dresser. He destroys every branch in me which does not bear fruit; and he cleanses every branch which does bear fruit, so that it may bear more fruit. You...
THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES (John 15:1-10)...
AS. Even as. Greek _kathos._ THE FATHER. See on John 1:14. HATH LOVED. loved. Aor. as in second clause. App-135. CONTINUE. abide. Greek. _meno,_ as in John 15:4. LOVE. App-135., and see p. 1511....
The Union of the Disciples with Christ The Allegory of the Vine The allegory of the Vine is similar in kind to that of the Door and of the Good Shepherd in chap. 10 (see introductory note there): th...
_As the Father_, &c.) The Greek construction is ambiguous. It would be quite possible to translate, Even as _the Father_loved _Me_and I LOVED _you_, ABIDE _in My love_. But our version is better as ke...
ΚΑΘῺΣ ἨΓ. Authorities differ as to whether we should place a comma or a colon at ἠγάπησα: either, EVEN AS _the Father hath loved Me_ AND _I have loved you_, ABIDE _in My love;_ or, EVEN AS _the Father...
VER 8. HEREIN IS MY FATHER GLORIFIED, THAT YOU BEAR MUCH FRUIT; SO SHALL YOU BE MY DISCIPLES. 9. AS THE FATHER HAS LOVED ME, SO HAVE I LOVED YOU: CONTINUE IN MY LOVE. 10. IF YOU KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS,...
ΉΓΆΠΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΓΑΠΆΩ (G25) любить, ΜΕΊΝΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΜΈΝΩ, _см._ John 15:4. _Aor. imper._ предполагает, что действие должно начаться....
DISCOURSE: 1693 THE FATHER’S LOVE TO CHRIST, AND CHRIST’S TO US John 15:9. _As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love_. REASON could never suggest motives sufficient to...
CONTINUE YE IN MY LOVE.— Or, "Keep your place in my affection: continue to deserve my love." So again in the next verse, _As long as ye keep my commandments, ye shall continue in my love;_ that is "I...
VITAL UNION OF VINE AND BRANCHES _Text 15:1-11_ 1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh _it_ away: and every branch that bear...
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...
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. AS THE FATHER HATH LOVED ME, SO HAVE I LOVED YOU. See the notes at ; . CONTINUE (OR 'ABIDE') YE IN MY LOVE - not, ' conti...
28 In the East they do not say, as we do, "I am going", but rather "I am going and returning" when spealctng of an ordinary journey. So the Lord assures them that He was not about to leave them perman...
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...
AS THE FATHER HATH LOVED ME, SO HAVE I LOVED YOU. — Better, _As the Father hath loved Me, I have also loved you._ He had passed from the thought of their discipleship to the foundation of their union...
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_....
Καθὼς ἠγάπησε … ἐμῇ. Love is the true bond which gives unity to the moral world, and inspires discipleship. All that Christ experiences is the result of the Father's love: all that the disciples are c...
THE CONDITION OF FRUITFULNESS John 15:1-9 The vine is not able to do its work in the world without its branches; they stretch far from the root, to bear its strength and sweetness to those who stand...
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...
(3) As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: (b) continue ye in my love. (3) The love of the Father towards the Son, and of the Son towards us, and of us toward God and our neighbour, are jo...
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...
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 has loved me, I also have loved you; abide in my love._ 10. _If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love_, _as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in His love._...
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...
9._As the Father hath loved me. _He intended to express something far greater than is commonly supposed; for they who think that he now speaks of the sacred _love _of God the Father, which he always h...
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...
AS THE FATHER HATH LOVED ME,.... As his own Son, and as Mediator, from everlasting; and in time, in his state of humiliation, throughout the course of his obedience, and under all his sufferings; whic...
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. Ver. 9. _Continue ye in my love_] In the love wherewith I do dearly love you. As who should say, Suffer yourselves to be love...
_As the Father hath loved me_ As certainly as he hath loved me; and with that kind of love wherewith he hath loved me, namely, with a love of approbation and delight, constancy and perseverance; _so h...
CONTINUE YE IN MY LOVE; by continuing to obey my will....
The earnest application:...
AS THE FATHER HATH LOVED ME, SO HAVE I LOVED YOU; CONTINUE YE IN MY LOVE....
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...
What our Saviour before called an abiding in him, and his words abiding in us, and a bearing and bringing forth much fruit, he here calleth a continuing in his love; though indeed this phrase also may...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III For he who holds, without pride and boasting, the true glory (opinion) regarding created things and the Creator, who is the Almighty God of all, and who has granted...
John 15:9 As G2531 Father G3962 loved G25 (G5656) Me G3165 also G2504 loved G25 (G5656) you G
“Even as the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Dwell (aorist imperative) in my love. If you keep (‘meditate on and obey' - aorist subjunctive) what I have commanded you will dwell continually...
1). JESUS IS THE NEW ISRAEL, WHICH IS TO ACT AS THE NEW WITNESS FOR GOD IN THE WORLD. IF WE WOULD ENJOY HIS BLESSING WE MUST DO SO BY LIVING CONTINUALLY IN HIM IN TRUST AND OBEDIENCE AS BRANCHES REMAI...
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...
John 15:9. EVEN AS THE FATHER LOVED ME, I ALSO LOVED YOU: ABIDE IN MY LOVE. By keeping in view what has been said on John 15:8 we shall understand the transition here to the thought of love. The main...
ABIDE (μεινατε). Constative first aorist active imperative of μενω, summing up the whole.IN MY LOVE (εν τη αγαπη τη εμη). Subjunctive possessive pronoun, "in the love that I have for you." Our lov...
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 15:1. _I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman._ If you want to know where the true Church is, Christ here tells you: «I am the true vine.» All who are in Christ are in the true Chur...
John 15:1. _I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman._ All other vines were but types and shadows; Christ is the substance; God's ideal vine; «the true vine.» Israel was a vine; the figure...
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. _...
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...
_As the Father hath loved Me, so have I loved you_ DIVINE LOVE The principle of Divine love constitutes the essence of true religion. Upon the golden link of love hangs not only the gospel, but als...
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 2:28; Ephesians 3:18; John 15:11; John 15:13; John 17:23;...
In my love [ε ν τ η α γ α π η τ η ε μ η]. 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...
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,...
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?...
Lord, what. comparison is here! As the Father hath loved me, so have. loved you: he doth not say, As the Father hath loved me, so have. loved him; but so have. loved you: nor doth he say, As God hath...