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My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. <a href="/nlt/john/14.htm">New Living Translation</a> Jesus replied, “All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them. <a href="/esv/john/14.htm">English Standard Version</a> Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. <a href="/bsb/john/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. <a href="/blb/john/14.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, and we will come to him and will make a home with him. <a href="/kjv/john/14.htm">King James Bible</a> Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. <a href="/nkjv/john/14.htm">New King James Version</a> Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. <a href="/nasb_/john/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will follow My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling with him. <a href="/nasb/john/14.htm">NASB 1995</a> Jesus answered and said to him, &#8220If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him. <a href="/nasb77/john/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him, and make Our abode with him. <a href="/lsb/john/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling with him. <a href="/amp/john/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Jesus answered, “If anyone [really] loves Me, he will keep My word (teaching); and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling place with him. <a href="/csb/john/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Jesus answered, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. <a href="/hcsb/john/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Jesus answered, &#8220If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. <a href="/asv/john/14.htm">American Standard Version</a> Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. <a href="/cev/john/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Jesus replied: If anyone loves me, they will obey me. Then my Father will love them, and we will come to them and live in them. <a href="/erv/john/14.htm">English Revised Version</a> Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. <a href="/gwt/john/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Jesus answered him, "Those who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will go to them and make our home with them. <a href="/gnt/john/14.htm">Good News Translation</a> Jesus answered him, "Those who love me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and my Father and I will come to them and live with them. <a href="/isv/john/14.htm">International Standard Version</a> Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word. Then my Father will love him, and we will go to him and make our home within him. <a href="/msb/john/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Jesus replied, ?If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. <a href="/net/john/14.htm">NET Bible</a> Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up residence with him. <a href="/nheb/john/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling place with him. <a href="/wbt/john/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Jesus answered and said to him, If a man loveth me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him. <a href="/wey/john/14.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "If any one loves me," replied Jesus, "he will obey my teaching; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. <a href="/web/john/14.htm">World English Bible</a> Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone may love Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him, and We will make [an] abode with him; <a href="/blb/john/14.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, and we will come to him and will make a home with him. <a href="/ylt/john/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Jesus answered and said to him, 'If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make; <a href="/slt/john/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Jesus answered and said to him, If any one love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and we will make our stay with him.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Jesus answered, and said to him: If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our abode with him. <a href="/cpdv/john/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Jesus responded and said to him: “If anyone loves me, he shall keep my word. And my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and we will make our dwelling place with him. <a href="/nabre/john/14.htm">New American Bible</a> Jesus answered and said to him, “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him. <a href="/nrsvce/john/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Jesus answered and said to him, He who loves me, keeps my word; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make a place of abode with him. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/14.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Yeshua answered and said to him, “Whoever loves me keeps my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and we will make our lodging with him.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/14.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Jesus answered and said to him: If any one loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him. <a href="/godbey/john/14.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Jesus responded and said to him; <FR>If any one may love me with divine love, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our mansion with him.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/john/14.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Jesus answered and said to him, If any man love me, he will observe my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him. <a href="/mace/john/14.htm">Mace New Testament</a> Jesus answered him, he that loves me, will observe my precepts: and my father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. <a href="/wey/john/14.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "If any one loves me," replied Jesus, "he will obey my teaching; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. <a href="/worrell/john/14.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Jesus answered, and said to him, <FR>"If any one loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him, and make Our abode with him.<Fr> <a href="/worsley/john/14.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Jesus answered and said unto him, <FR>If any <Fr>one<FR> love me, he will observe my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and will make our abode with him.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/john/14-23.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=5310" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/14.htm">Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit</a> …22Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?” 23<a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsous (N-NMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/611.htm" title="611: Apekrithē (V-AIP-3S) -- From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.">replied,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: eipen (V-AIA-3S) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say."></a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autō (PPro-DM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> <a href="/greek/1437.htm" title="1437: Ean (Conj) -- If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.">“If</a> <a href="/greek/5100.htm" title="5100: tis (IPro-NMS) -- Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.">anyone</a> <a href="/greek/25.htm" title="25: agapa (V-PSA-3S) -- To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.">loves</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: me (PPro-A1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">Me,</a> <a href="/greek/5083.htm" title="5083: tērēsei (V-FIA-3S) -- From teros; to guard, i.e. To note; by implication, to detain; by extension, to withhold; by extension, to withhold.">he will keep</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: mou (PPro-G1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">My</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3056.htm" title="3056: logon (N-AMS) -- From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression.">word.</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: mou (PPro-G1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">My</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3962.htm" title="3962: Patēr (N-NMS) -- Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a father.">Father</a> <a href="/greek/25.htm" title="25: agapēsei (V-FIA-3S) -- To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.">will love</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">him,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/2064.htm" title="2064: eleusometha (V-FIM-1P) -- To come, go. ">We will come</a> <a href="/greek/4314.htm" title="4314: pros (Prep) -- To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.">to</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">him</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/4160.htm" title="4160: poiēsometha (V-FIM-1P) -- (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.">make</a> <a href="/greek/3438.htm" title="3438: monēn (N-AFS) -- Lodging, dwelling-place, room, abode, mansion. From meno; a staying, i.e. Residence.">Our home</a> <a href="/greek/3844.htm" title="3844: par’ (Prep) -- Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of. ">with</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autō (PPro-DM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">him.</a> 24Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_john/2-5.htm">1 John 2:5</a> But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him: <a href="/1_john/3-24.htm">1 John 3:24</a> Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us. <a href="/1_john/4-12.htm">1 John 4:12-13</a> No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us. / By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit. <a href="/john/15-10.htm">John 15:10</a> If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. <a href="/john/8-31.htm">John 8:31</a> So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples. <a href="/john/16-27.htm">John 16:27</a> For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God. <a href="/revelation/3-20.htm">Revelation 3:20</a> Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me. <a href="/2_john/1-6.htm">2 John 1:6</a> And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love. <a href="/1_john/5-3.htm">1 John 5:3</a> For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome, <a href="/romans/8-9.htm">Romans 8:9-11</a> You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. / But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. / And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you. <a href="/ephesians/3-17.htm">Ephesians 3:17</a> so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love, <a href="/colossians/3-16.htm">Colossians 3:16</a> Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. <a href="/1_corinthians/3-16.htm">1 Corinthians 3:16</a> Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? <a href="/1_corinthians/6-19.htm">1 Corinthians 6:19</a> Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; <a href="/galatians/2-20.htm">Galatians 2:20</a> I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Jesus answered and said to him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our stayed with him.If.<a href="/john/14-15.htm">John 14:15,21</a> If ye love me, keep my commandments… make.<a href="/john/14-17.htm">John 14:17</a> Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.<a href="/john/5-17.htm">John 5:17-19</a> But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work… <a href="/john/6-56.htm">John 6:56</a> He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/11-6.htm">Abode</a> <a href="/john/13-33.htm">Dear</a> <a href="/john/11-20.htm">Home</a> <a href="/john/14-9.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-3.htm">Living-Place</a> <a href="/john/14-21.htm">Loves</a> <a href="/john/14-15.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/john/10-6.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/john/12-48.htm">Word</a> <a href="/john/14-10.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/1-13.htm">Abode</a> <a href="/john/16-27.htm">Dear</a> <a href="/john/19-27.htm">Home</a> <a href="/john/16-19.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-22.htm">Living-Place</a> <a href="/john/14-24.htm">Loves</a> <a href="/john/14-24.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/john/14-24.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/john/14-24.htm">Word</a> <a href="/john/14-24.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">John 14</div>1. <a href="/john/14-1.htm">Jesus comforts his disciples with the hope of heaven;</a> 5. <a href="/john/14-5.htm">professes himself the way, the truth, and the life, and one with the Father;</a> 13. <a href="/john/14-13.htm">assures their prayers to be effectual;</a> 15. <a href="/john/14-15.htm">requires obedience;</a> 16. <a href="/john/14-16.htm">promises the Comforter;</a> 27. <a href="/john/14-27.htm">and leaves his peace with them.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Jesus replied This phrase indicates a response from Jesus, suggesting a continuation of a dialogue. In the context of <a href="/john/14.htm">John 14</a>, Jesus is speaking to His disciples during the Last Supper, providing them with comfort and instruction before His impending crucifixion. This setting is intimate and significant, as Jesus is preparing His followers for His departure and the coming of the Holy Spirit.If anyone loves Me Love for Jesus is a central theme in the New Testament, emphasizing a personal and relational aspect of faith. This love is not merely emotional but is demonstrated through actions and obedience. The concept of loving God is rooted in the Shema (<a href="/deuteronomy/6-4.htm">Deuteronomy 6:4-5</a>), which calls for loving God with all one's heart, soul, and strength.he will keep My word Obedience to Jesus' teachings is a natural outflow of genuine love for Him. This phrase underscores the importance of adhering to the teachings of Christ as a demonstration of faith. It echoes the covenantal language found throughout the Old Testament, where obedience to God's commands is a sign of loyalty and devotion (e.g., <a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5</a>).My Father will love him This statement highlights the reciprocal nature of the relationship between God and believers. The love of the Father is assured to those who love and obey Jesus. It reflects the unity and shared purpose between the Father and the Son, as seen in passages like <a href="/john/10-30.htm">John 10:30</a>, where Jesus declares, "I and the Father are one."and We will come to him The use of "We" signifies the presence of both the Father and the Son with the believer. This promise of divine presence is a profound assurance of God's nearness and involvement in the life of a believer. It anticipates the coming of the Holy Spirit, who will dwell within believers, as further explained in <a href="/john/14-16.htm">John 14:16-17</a>.and make Our home with him The imagery of making a home suggests a permanent and intimate relationship. This echoes the Old Testament concept of God dwelling among His people, as seen in the tabernacle and temple (<a href="/exodus/25-8.htm">Exodus 25:8</a>, <a href="/1_kings/8-27.htm">1 Kings 8:27</a>). In the New Testament, this indwelling presence is fulfilled through the Holy Spirit, making each believer a temple of God (<a href="/1_corinthians/6-19.htm">1 Corinthians 6:19</a>). This promise assures believers of God's continual presence and fellowship.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a> The central figure in this passage, Jesus is speaking to His disciples, providing them with comfort and instruction about the relationship between love, obedience, and divine presence. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_father.htm">The Father</a> God the Father is mentioned as the one who will love those who love and obey Jesus, highlighting the unity and shared mission between the Father and the Son. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_disciples.htm">The Disciples</a> The immediate audience of Jesus' teaching, representing all believers who are called to love and obey Christ. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_holy_spirit.htm">The Holy Spirit</a> While not directly mentioned in this verse, the context of <a href="/bsb/john/14.htm">John 14</a> includes the promise of the Holy Spirit, who plays a role in helping believers keep Jesus' word. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_home.htm">The Home</a> The concept of God making His home with believers signifies an intimate and ongoing relationship between God and those who love and obey Him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/l/love_and_obedience.htm">Love and Obedience</a> True love for Jesus is demonstrated through obedience to His word. This is not a burdensome task but a joyful response to His love. <a href="/topical/d/divine_presence.htm">Divine Presence</a> The promise of God making His home with believers assures us of His constant presence and fellowship, providing comfort and strength. <a href="/topical/u/unity_with_the_father_and_the_son.htm">Unity with the Father and the Son</a> Believers are invited into a profound relationship with both the Father and the Son, reflecting the unity within the Trinity. <a href="/topical/r/role_of_the_holy_spirit.htm">Role of the Holy Spirit</a> The Holy Spirit empowers believers to keep Jesus' word, guiding and sustaining them in their walk with God. <a href="/topical/p/practical_faith.htm">Practical Faith</a> This passage calls for a faith that is active and visible, characterized by love-driven obedience and a deep, personal relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 14</a> <a href="/q/how_to_live_by_christ's_teachings.htm">How can we live faithfully according to Christ's teachings?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_jesus_both_god_and_one_with_him.htm">How is Jesus both God and one with God?</a> <a href="/q/who_is_the_author_of_the_book_of_joel.htm">Is the love of the Father absent in him?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'fullness_of_god'_mean.htm">How can we live faithfully according to Christ's teachings?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(23) If a man love me, he will keep my words.--Our Lord repeats the condition necessary on the part of man in order that the manifestation of God to him may be possible. This is an answer to the question of Judas, the world in its unbelief and rejection of Christ's words, and without the spirit of love, could not receive this manifestation.We will come unto him, and make our abode with him.--For the plural, comp. Note on <a href="/john/10-30.htm" title="I and my Father are one.">John 10:30</a>. For the word "abode," comp. Note on <a href="/john/14-2.htm" title="In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.">John 14:2</a>. The thought of God as dwelling in the sanctuary and among the people was familiar to the disciples from the Old Testament Scriptures (see, e.g., <a href="/exodus/25-8.htm" title="And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.">Exodus 25:8</a>; <a href="/exodus/29-45.htm" title="And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.">Exodus 29:45</a>; <a href="/context/leviticus/26-11.htm" title="And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.">Leviticus 26:11-12</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/37-26.htm" title="Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the middle of them for ever more.">Ezekiel 37:26</a>), and the thought of the spiritual temple in the heart of man was not unknown to contemporary writers. Philo has a remarkable parallel in his treatise, De Cherubim, p. 124, "Since therefore He (God) thus invisibly enters into the region of the soul, let us prepare that place, in the best way the case admits of, to be an abode worthy of God; for if we do not, He, without our being aware of it, will quit us and migrate to some other habitation which shall appear to Him to be more excellently provided" (Bohn's ed., vol. i., p. 199. See the whole of chap. 29). Sch?ttgen, in his note, quotes from a Rabbinical writer who says, "Blessed is the man who strives daily to make himself approved unto God, and prepares himself to receive the divine guest." (Comp. <a href="/1_corinthians/3-16.htm" title="Know you not that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?">1Corinthians 3:16</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/6-19.htm" title="What? know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which you have of God, and you are not your own?">1Corinthians 6:19</a>; and <a href="/revelation/3-20.htm" title="Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.">Revelation 3:20</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 23. - Jesus answered and said to him, If a man, let him be whosoever he may, love me - there is the germ and root of all - he will keep my Word (λόγον). In Ver. 21 we see the complementary statement, "He that has and keeps my commandments loves me;" here, "He that loves me keeps my Word." In Ver. 21 obedience proves inward love, and may indicate to the world the fact of the Father's love and my own response. Here our Lord is laying down the principle of relation - the law of close intimacy, the conditions of higher knowledge. The keeping of the Word is a certain consequence of holy love. And my Father will love him. So far Christ has only reiterated the great statement of Ver. 21, but instead of saying, "I will love him, and manifest myself," he added, We will come - the Father and I - to him, and take up our abode, make for ourselves a resting-place in his dwelling (πἀρ αὐτῳ); cf. the analogous and wonderful parallel in <a href="/revelation/3-20.htm">Revelation 3:20</a>. There is a clear utterance of Divine self-consciousness. It is worthy of note that such an expression as this sounds a profounder depth of that consciousness than any phrase (λόγος) already delivered. Apart from the stupendous corroborative facts elsewhere on record, this seems, to mere human experience, either awfully true or infinitely blasphemous. The Father add g will come together in the power of the Spirit, and we will dwell within the loving and obedient soul. This phrase suggests the mystical union of the Divine Personality with that of those who have entered into spiritual relation with Christ through love and obedience. <a href="/commentaries/john/14-23.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Jesus Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites. replied, Ἀπεκρίθη (Apekrithē) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_611.htm">Strong's 611: </a> From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak. “If Ἐάν (Ean) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1437.htm">Strong's 1437: </a> If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc. anyone τις (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5100.htm">Strong's 5100: </a> Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object. loves ἀγαπᾷ (agapa) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_25.htm">Strong's 25: </a> To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love. Me, με (me) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. he will keep τηρήσει (tērēsei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5083.htm">Strong's 5083: </a> From teros; to guard, i.e. To note; by implication, to detain; by extension, to withhold; by extension, to withhold. My μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. word. λόγον (logon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3056.htm">Strong's 3056: </a> From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression. My μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. Father Πατήρ (Patēr) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3962.htm">Strong's 3962: </a> Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. will love ἀγαπήσει (agapēsei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_25.htm">Strong's 25: </a> To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love. him, αὐτόν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. we will come ἐλευσόμεθα (eleusometha) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2064.htm">Strong's 2064: </a> To come, go. to πρὸς (pros) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_4314.htm">Strong's 4314: </a> To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward. him αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. make ποιησόμεθα (poiēsometha) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4160.htm">Strong's 4160: </a> (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. Our home μονὴν (monēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3438.htm">Strong's 3438: </a> Lodging, dwelling-place, room, abode, mansion. From meno; a staying, i.e. Residence. with παρ’ (par’) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_3844.htm">Strong's 3844: </a> Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of. him. αὐτῷ (autō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. 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