My joy. the joy that is mine (emph.) Three times in John, here, John 3:29, and John 17:13.
remain. abide. Greek meno as above, but all the texts read "be".
your joy. As He gave them His peace (John 14:27), so He seeks to make them partakers of His joy.
might be full. may be fulfilled: i.e. filled full.
Verse John 15:11. _THAT MY JOY MAY REMAIN IN YOU_] That the joy which I now feel, on account of your steady, affectionate attachment to me, may be lasting, I give you both warnings and directions, tha...
THESE THINGS - The discourse in this and the previous chapter. This discourse was designed to comfort them by the promise of the Holy Spirit and of eternal life, and to direct them in the discharge of...
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...
THESE THINGS HAVE. SPOKEN... THAT MY JOY MIGHT REMAIN IN YOU. Strange words, that one about to be crucified should speak of his joy! His joy was union with and the presence of the Father. He had "anoi...
"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)...
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...
_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 perh...
ἮΙ for μείνῃ (influenced by John 15:10). 11. The verse forms a conclusion to the allegory of the Vine: comp. John 5:17; John 14:25; John 16:25;...
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,...
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DISCOURSE: 1694 CHRISTIANITY INTENDED TO PROMOTE OUR HAPPINESS John 15:11. _These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full_. THOUGH every possib...
THESE THINGS HAVE I SPOKEN— "I have spoken these things, hoping they will influence you to keep my commandments, whereby you will continue the objects of my love; and, in the consciousness thereof, wi...
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...
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. THESE THINGS HAVE I SPOKEN UNTO YOU, THAT MY JOY MIGHT REMAIN ('ABIDE') IN YOU, AND THAT YOUR...
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...
MY JOY] i.e. the joy which I have in loving the Father, and being loved by Him (John 15:10). This joy Christ imparts to the disciples, thereby fiilfilling (i.e. perfecting) their imperfect joy: cp. Jo...
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...
THESE THINGS HAVE I SPOKEN UNTO YOU, THAT MY JOY MIGHT REMAIN IN YOU. — The better reading is,.. _that My joy may be in you._ The joy thought of is that which Christ Himself possessed in the conscious...
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 great joy of His life had been found in the consciousness of the Father's love and in the keeping of His commandments: this joy He desires that they may inherit, ταῦτα λελάληκα ὑμῖν ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ἡ ἐ...
_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_....
“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...
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 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._...
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...
_CHRISTIAN JOY_ ‘These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.’ John 15:11 In the chapter from which our text is taken we see that one resul...
11._These things I have spoken to you. _He adds, that his love is far from being unknown to the godly, but that it is perceived by faith, so that they enjoy blessed peace of conscience; for the _joy _...
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...
THESE THINGS HAVE I SPOKEN UNTO YOU,.... Concerning the vine and branches, his abiding in them, and they in him, their fruitfulness from him, and perseverance in him, his love to them, and theirs to h...
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and _that_ your joy might be full. Ver. 11. _These things have I spoken, that, &c._] Sound joy is wrought in the heart by the hea...
_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...
THAT MY JOY MIGHT REMAIN IN YOU; that you might have, in union with me, that joy which I have in union with the Father. MIGHT BE FULL; namely, by having my joy abiding in you....
THESE THINGS HAVE I SPOKEN UNTO YOU THAT MY JOY MIGHT REMAIN IN YOU, AND THAT YOUR JOY MIGHT BE FULL....
THE NEW STATUS OF CHRIST'S DISCIPLES. The joy of the Christians:...
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...
The end of my pressing so much the duty of holiness upon you, under the notions of abiding in me, abiding in my love in my words, bringing forth much fruit, &c. is, that I might have a continual cause...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book II With these also agree the following: "These things have I spoken to you, that My joy might be fulfilled: and this is My commandment, That ye love one another, a...
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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...
“These things I have said to you that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be fulfilled.” Jesus assures His disciples that He wants them to live lives filled with joy, and that if they keep wha...
John 15:11. THESE THINGS HAVE I SPOKEN UNTO YOU, THAT MY JOY MAY BE IN YOU, AND THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE FULFILLED. ‘My joy' must be interpreted in the same way as ‘My peace' at chap, John 14:27. It is th...
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 MY JOY MAY BE IN YOU (ινα η χαρα η εμη εν υμιν η). Purpose clause with ινα and the present subjunctive η (some MSS. have μεινη, may remain), Christ's permanent absolute joy in the disciples.AN...
John 15:11 I. It is written "Rejoice in the Lord." And what is joy in the Lord? Is it merely the joy of the child, a flash of meteoric light, without permanence, without a fixed source within, or an a...
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...
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 15:1. _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...
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._ 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...
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...
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!...
_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...
_These things have I spoken unto you, that My Joy might remain in you_ CHRIST’S THINGS TO MAKE HIS DISCIPLES HAPPY A revelation of I. HEAVEN (John 14:1) as 1. A Father’s house. 2. Capacious. 3....
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 ...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 15:10 Obedience is all about JOY. The OT prophets foresaw a great end-time rejoicing (e.g., Isaiah 35:10;...
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...
_Even as I have kept My Father's commandments_, &c. That is, as I proceed to obey the Father's commandments, and to preserve His grace and love towards Me. Hear St. Augustine. "Love precedes the keepi...
_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 1:4; 1 Peter 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:16; 2 Corinthians 1:24;...
My joy. The joy that is mine; characteristic of me. See on ver. 9. Might remain [μ ε ι ν η]. The best texts read h, may be. Might be full [π λ η ρ ω θ η]. Rev., more correctly, may be fulfilled. The...
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,...
That my joy might remain in you — The same joy which I feel in loving the Father, and keeping his commandments....
In these words our Saviour declares the ground and reason why he did so earnestly press and urge the duty of being universally fruitful upon his disciples, and that was two-fold: 1. THAT HIS JOY MIGH...