Discovery BoxJohn 14:15 
ContextTeaching on the Holy Spirit
14:15 “If you love me, you will obey 1 my commandments. 2
John 14:21
Context14:21 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
Context14:24 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.
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.”
