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Now remain in my love. <a href="/nlt/john/15.htm">New Living Translation</a> “I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. <a href="/esv/john/15.htm">English Standard Version</a> As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. <a href="/bsb/john/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love. <a href="/blb/john/15.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> As the Father has loved Me, I also have loved you. Abide in My Love. <a href="/kjv/john/15.htm">King James Bible</a> As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. <a href="/nkjv/john/15.htm">New King James Version</a> “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. <a href="/nasb_/john/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Just as the Father has loved Me, I also have loved you; remain in My love. <a href="/nasb/john/15.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. <a href="/nasb77/john/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. <a href="/lsb/john/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. <a href="/amp/john/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a> I have loved you just as the Father has loved Me; remain in My love [and do not doubt My love for you]. <a href="/csb/john/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “As the Father has loved me, I have also loved you. Remain in my love. <a href="/hcsb/john/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> &#8220As the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you. Remain in My love. <a href="/asv/john/15.htm">American Standard Version</a> Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love. <a href="/cev/john/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I have loved you, just as my Father has loved me. So remain faithful to my love for you. <a href="/erv/john/15.htm">English Revised Version</a> Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love. <a href="/gwt/john/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "I have loved you the same way the Father has loved me. So live in my love. <a href="/gnt/john/15.htm">Good News Translation</a> I love you just as the Father loves me; remain in my love. <a href="/isv/john/15.htm">International Standard Version</a> Just as the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. So abide in my love. <a href="/msb/john/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love. <a href="/net/john/15.htm">NET Bible</a> "Just as the Father has loved me, I have also loved you; remain in my love. <a href="/nheb/john/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love. <a href="/wbt/john/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. <a href="/wey/john/15.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> As the Father has loved me, I have also loved you: continue in my love. <a href="/web/john/15.htm">World English Bible</a> Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> According as the Father loved Me, I also loved you, remain in My love; <a href="/blb/john/15.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> As the Father has loved Me, I also have loved you. Abide in My Love. <a href="/ylt/john/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> According as the Father did love me, I also loved you, remain in my love; <a href="/slt/john/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> As the Father loved me, I also loved you: remain in my love.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> As the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you. Abide in my love. <a href="/cpdv/john/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Abide in my love. <a href="/nabre/john/15.htm">New American Bible</a> As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. <a href="/nrsvce/john/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Just as my Father has loved me, I also have loved you; remain in my love. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/15.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “Just as my Father has loved me, even so I have loved you; continue in my friendship.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/15.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love. <a href="/godbey/john/15.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>As the Father loved me, I also loved you: abide in my love.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/john/15.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Just as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide in my love. <a href="/mace/john/15.htm">Mace New Testament</a> as the father has loved me, and I have loved you: so do you persevere in your love to me. <a href="/wey/john/15.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> As the Father has loved me, I have also loved you: continue in my love. <a href="/worrell/john/15.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>Even as the Father loved Me, I also loved you; abide in My love.<Fr> <a href="/worsley/john/15.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>As the Father hath loved me, and I have loved you, continue in my love:<Fr> <a href="/parallel/john/15-9.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=5482" 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/15.htm">No Greater Love</a> …8This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples. 9<a href="/greek/2531.htm" title="2531: Kathōs (Adv) -- According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.">As</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.">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: ēgapēsen (V-AIA-3S) -- To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.">has loved</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/2504.htm" title="2504: kagō (PPro-N1S) -- To also, I too, but I. From kai and ego; so also the dative case kamoi, and accusative case kame and I, me.">so</a> <a href="/greek/25.htm" title="25: ēgapēsa (V-AIA-1S) -- To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.">have I loved</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymas (PPro-A2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you.</a> <a href="/greek/3306.htm" title="3306: meinate (V-AMA-2P) -- To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay.">Remain</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1699.htm" title="1699: emē (PPro-DF1S) -- My, mine. From the oblique cases of ego; my.">My</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/26.htm" title="26: agapē (N-DFS) -- From agapao; love, i.e. Affection or benevolence; specially a love-feast.">love.</a> 10If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.…<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="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a> For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. <a href="/1_john/4-9.htm">1 John 4:9-10</a> This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. / And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. <a href="/romans/5-8.htm">Romans 5:8</a> But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. <a href="/ephesians/5-2.htm">Ephesians 5:2</a> and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God. <a href="/1_john/3-1.htm">1 John 3:1</a> Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. <a href="/romans/8-35.htm">Romans 8:35-39</a> Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? / As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” / No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. ... <a href="/1_john/4-16.htm">1 John 4:16</a> And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him. <a href="/ephesians/3-17.htm">Ephesians 3:17-19</a> so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love, / will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth / of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. <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. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-14.htm">2 Corinthians 5:14</a> For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died. <a href="/1_john/4-19.htm">1 John 4:19</a> We love because He first loved us. <a href="/john/17-23.htm">John 17:23</a> I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me. <a href="/john/13-34.htm">John 13:34</a> A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. <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="/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Jeremiah 31:3</a> The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you: continue you in my love.the Father.<a href="/john/15-13.htm">John 15:13</a> Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.<a href="/john/17-23.htm">John 17:23,26</a> I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me… <a href="/ephesians/3-18.htm">Ephesians 3:18</a> May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;continue.<a href="/john/15-11.htm">John 15:11</a> These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.<a href="/1_john/2-28.htm">1 John 2:28</a> And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.<a href="/jude/1-20.htm">Jude 1:20</a> But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/15-7.htm">Abide</a> <a href="/john/15-7.htm">Continue</a> <a href="/john/14-28.htm">Loved</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/15-10.htm">Abide</a> <a href="/john/15-10.htm">Continue</a> <a href="/john/17-23.htm">Loved</a><div class="vheading2">John 15</div>1. <a href="/john/15-1.htm">The union of Jesus and his members shown under the parable of a vine.</a> 18. <a href="/john/15-18.htm">The hatred of the world.</a> 26. <a href="/john/15-26.htm">The office of the Holy Spirit.</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/15.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/15.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>As the Father has loved Me This phrase highlights the perfect and eternal love within the Trinity. The Father's love for the Son is foundational, reflecting the divine relationship that has existed from eternity. This love is mentioned in other scriptures, such as <a href="/john/3-35.htm">John 3:35</a>, where the Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand. The love is not only relational but also functional, as it underpins the mission of Jesus. The Father’s love is characterized by approval, delight, and a shared purpose, which is evident in Jesus’ baptism (<a href="/matthew/3-17.htm">Matthew 3:17</a>) and transfiguration (<a href="/matthew/17-5.htm">Matthew 17:5</a>).so have I loved you Jesus extends the same quality of love He receives from the Father to His disciples. This love is sacrificial, unconditional, and redemptive, as demonstrated by Jesus’ willingness to lay down His life (<a href="/john/15-13.htm">John 15:13</a>). The love Jesus has for His followers is a model for how they are to love one another (<a href="/john/13-34.htm">John 13:34-35</a>). This love is also a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah’s role as a shepherd and caretaker of His people (<a href="/ezekiel/34-23.htm">Ezekiel 34:23-24</a>).Remain in My love This command emphasizes the necessity of abiding in the love of Christ. To remain in His love means to continue in a relationship with Him, characterized by obedience and faithfulness (<a href="/john/15-10.htm">John 15:10</a>). The concept of abiding is central to the Johannine writings, where it signifies a deep, ongoing connection with Jesus, akin to the vine and branches metaphor earlier in <a href="/john/15.htm">John 15</a>. This abiding is not passive but involves active participation in the life of Christ, reflecting the covenant relationship God has with His people, as seen throughout the Old Testament.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The speaker of this verse, Jesus is addressing His disciples, emphasizing His divine love and the importance of abiding in it. 2. <a href="/topical/g/god_the_father.htm">God the Father</a> The source of love, whose love for Jesus serves as the model for Jesus' love for His followers. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_disciples.htm">The Disciples</a> The immediate audience of Jesus' teaching, representing all believers who are called to remain in His love. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_upper_room.htm">The Upper Room</a> The setting of this discourse, where Jesus shares His final teachings with His disciples before His crucifixion. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_vine_and_the_branches.htm">The Vine and the Branches</a> The metaphor used by Jesus in <a href="/bsb/john/15.htm">John 15</a> to illustrate the relationship between Him and His followers, emphasizing dependence and connection.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_divine_love.htm">Understanding Divine Love</a> Recognize that the love Jesus has for us is modeled after the perfect love of the Father for the Son. This love is unconditional, sacrificial, and eternal. <a href="/topical/a/abiding_in_love.htm">Abiding in Love</a> To "remain" in Jesus' love means to live in a constant state of awareness and acceptance of His love, allowing it to influence our thoughts, actions, and relationships. <a href="/topical/l/love_as_a_command.htm">Love as a Command</a> Jesus' command to remain in His love is not optional. It is a directive that requires intentionality and commitment, reflecting our obedience and devotion to Him. <a href="/topical/e/empowered_by_the_holy_spirit.htm">Empowered by the Holy Spirit</a> Remaining in Jesus' love is made possible through the Holy Spirit, who enables us to experience and express this divine love in our daily lives. <a href="/topical/l/love_in_action.htm">Love in Action</a> Demonstrating Jesus' love involves practical acts of kindness, forgiveness, and service, reflecting His love to others and fulfilling His command to love one another.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 15</a> <a href="/q/how_does_job_stay_faithful_in_suffering.htm">What does 'I Have Called You Friends' mean?</a> <a href="/q/meaning_of_''i_have_called_you_friends''.htm">What does "I Have Called You Friends" mean?</a> <a href="/q/what_occurs_when_a_son_returns_home.htm">What happens when a wayward son returns home?</a> <a href="/q/why_no_divine_marks_in_dna_or_physics.htm">Why do we not find divine fingerprints in DNA or physics?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) 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 with Him and with God. It was in the eternal love of the Father, ever going forth to the Son, and from the Son ever going forth to all who would receive it. The Father's love and presence was ever with the Son, because the Son ever did those things which were pleasing to Him. (Comp. Note on <a href="/john/8-31.htm" title="Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed;">John 8:31</a>.) The love of the Son is ever present wherever willing heart of obedient disciple is open to its power.Continue ye in my love.--Better, abide ye in My love. The word "continue" misses the connection with the context. By "My love" is meant, not "love to Me in your hearts," but, "My love towards you." The one produces the other. "We love Him because He hath first loved us;" but that which is prominent in the thought here is His love to the disciples, which He has just compared to the Father's love to Himself.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 9. - Two ways of explaining this verse: Even as - inasmuch as - the Father hath loved me, and as I have loved you, abide in my love; i.e., as Grotius has put it, the first clause suggesting accordance with the mystery of the Trinity, and the second the mystery of redemption: "So do ye continue, or so do ye abide, in the amplitude of this double love which is mine, dwell in it as in a holy atmosphere, breathe it and live by it." But there is another and more satisfactory way of translating the passage: Even as the Father loved me, I also loved you; a fact of stupendous interest and transcendent claim. Heaven had opened over the incarnate Word, and other ears as well as his own had heard the Father say, "Thou art my beloved Son," etc. The Lord was conscious of being the Object of this infinite love before the foundation of the world (<a href="/john/17-24.htm">John 17:24</a>), and of reciprocating and responding to it; and this love of the Father to him on his assumption of his mediatorial functions was the well-spring of his obedience unto death and after it (see <a href="/john/10-17.htm">John 10:17</a>, note). Now, if the κἀγὼ is to be translated as above, Christ declares that even as the Father has loved him, he has' loved his disciples. Again and again he has emphasized this love to them (<a href="/john/13-34.htm">John 13:34</a>), but here he asserts a loftier claim, viz. that his love to them corresponds with the eternal Father's love to himself. The one great fact is the ground on which he commands them to abide in his love. This is obviously a more explicit and more intelligible form of the commandment to abide in him. With Olshausen and Westcott, "The love that is mine "is not the love to Christ, nor the love of Christ exclusively, but a blending of the active and passive idea in "the love that is mine" - in the "love" lavished upon me from eternity, and to which I have eternally responded, which I have made known to you and expended on you and received back again from you. Abide in that love that is mine. <a href="/commentaries/john/15-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>As Καθὼς (Kathōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_2531.htm">Strong's 2531: </a> According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. 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'. has loved ἠγάπησέν (ēgapēsen) Verb - Aorist 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. 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. so κἀγὼ (kagō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2504.htm">Strong's 2504: </a> To also, I too, but I. From kai and ego; so also the dative case kamoi, and accusative case kame and I, me. have I loved ἠγάπησα (ēgapēsa) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st 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. you. ὑμᾶς (hymas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. Remain μείνατε (meinate) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3306.htm">Strong's 3306: </a> To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. My ἐμῇ (emē) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Feminine 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1699.htm">Strong's 1699: </a> My, mine. From the oblique cases of ego; my. love. ἀγάπῃ (agapē) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_26.htm">Strong's 26: </a> From agapao; love, i.e. Affection or benevolence; specially a love-feast. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/15-9.htm">John 15:9 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/john/15-9.htm">John 15:9 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/john/15-9.htm">John 15:9 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/john/15-9.htm">John 15:9 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/john/15-9.htm">John 15:9 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/john/15-9.htm">John 15:9 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/15-9.htm">John 15:9 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/15-9.htm">John 15:9 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/john/15-9.htm">John 15:9 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/john/15-9.htm">John 15:9 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/john/15-9.htm">NT Gospels: John 15:9 Even as the Father has loved me (Jhn Jo Jn) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/john/15-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 15:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 15:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/john/15-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 15:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 15:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>