John 14:15

Teaching on the Holy Spirit

14:15 “If you love me, you will obey ¹  my commandments. ² 

John 14:21

14:21 The person who has my commandments and obeys ³  them is the one who loves me. ⁴  The one ⁵  who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal ⁶  myself to him.”

John 14:24

14:24 The person who does not love me does not obey ⁷  my words. And the word ⁸  you hear is not mine, but the Father’s who sent me.

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¹ tn Or “will keep.”

² sn Jesus’ statement If you love me, you will obey my commandments provides the transition between the promises of answered prayer which Jesus makes to his disciples in vv. 13-14 and the promise of the Holy Spirit which is introduced in v. 16. Obedience is the proof of genuine love.

³ tn Or “keeps.”

⁴ tn Grk “obeys them, that one is the one who loves me.”

⁵ tn Grk “And the one.” Here the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated to improve the English style.

⁶ tn Or “will disclose.”

⁷ tn Or “does not keep.”

⁸ tn Or “the message.”