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title="Lexicon"> Greek </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/john/14.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/john/14.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220If you love me, keep my commands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/john/14.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“If you love me, obey my commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/john/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/john/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/14.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/john/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />If ye love me, keep my commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/john/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“If you love Me, keep My commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/john/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/john/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/john/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/john/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/john/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“If you [really] love Me, you will keep <i>and</i> obey My commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/john/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“If you love me, you will keep my commands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/john/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />&#8220If you love Me, you will keep My commands. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/john/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/john/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Jesus said to his disciples: If you love me, you will do as I command. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/john/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/john/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"If you love me, you will obey my commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/john/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"If you love me, you will obey my commandments. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/john/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"If you love me, keep my commandments. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/john/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"If you love me, you will obey my commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/john/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />If you love me, you will keep my commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/john/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />If ye love me, keep my commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/14.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />"If you love me, you will obey my commandments.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/john/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />If you love Me, keep My commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/john/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If you love me, keep my commandments. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/john/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />If you love Me, keep My commands,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/14.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/john/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'If ye love me, my commands keep,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/john/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />If ye love me, keep my commands.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/john/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If you love me, keep my commandments. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/john/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />If you love me, keep my commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/john/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/john/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/john/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />If you love me, then obey my commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/14.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“If you love me, keep my commandments.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/john/14.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />If you love me, keep my commandments;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/john/14.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>If you love me, keep my commandments.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/john/14.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />If ye love me, keep my commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/john/14.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />if ye love me, keep my commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/14.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />"If you love me, you will obey my commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/john/14.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>"If ye love Me, ye will keep My commandments;<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/john/14.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father,<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/john/14-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=5239" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/john/14.htm">Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14</span>If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><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/25.htm" title="25: agapate (V-PSA-2P) -- To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.">you love</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: tērēsete (V-FIA-2P) -- From teros; to guard, i.e. To note; by implication, to detain; by extension, to withhold; by extension, to withhold.">you will keep</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tas (Art-AFP) -- 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: emas (PPro-AF1P) -- My, mine. From the oblique cases of ego; my.">My</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tas (Art-AFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1785.htm" title="1785: entolas (N-AFP) -- An ordinance, injunction, command, law. From entellomai; injunction, i.e. An authoritative prescription.">commandments.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">16</span>And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/5-3.htm">1 John 5:3</a></span><br />For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/2-3.htm">1 John 2:3-5</a></span><br />By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. / If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. / 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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-22.htm">1 John 3:22-24</a></span><br />and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight. / And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us. / 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_john/1-6.htm">2 John 1:6</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-10.htm">John 15:10</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-14.htm">John 15:14</a></span><br />You are My friends if you do what I command you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-37.htm">Matthew 22:37-40</a></span><br />Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ / This is the first and greatest commandment. / And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-21.htm">Matthew 7:21</a></span><br />Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-46.htm">Luke 6:46</a></span><br />Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but do not do what I say?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-8.htm">Romans 13:8-10</a></span><br />Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. / The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” / Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/2-14.htm">James 2:14-26</a></span><br />What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? / Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. / If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-22.htm">1 Peter 1:22</a></span><br />Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-14.htm">Galatians 5:14</a></span><br />The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-5.htm">Deuteronomy 6:5</a></span><br />And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-12.htm">Deuteronomy 10:12-13</a></span><br />And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, / and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">If you love me, keep my commandments.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/14-21.htm">John 14:21-24</a></b></br> He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/8-42.htm">John 8:42</a></b></br> Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/15-10.htm">John 15:10-14</a></b></br> If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/13-34.htm">Command</a> <a href="/luke/18-20.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/john/8-55.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/john/13-35.htm">Love</a> <a href="/john/8-55.htm">Obey</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/14-31.htm">Command</a> <a href="/john/14-21.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/john/14-21.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/john/14-24.htm">Love</a> <a href="/john/14-23.htm">Obey</a><div class="vheading2">John 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/14-1.htm">Jesus comforts his disciples with the hope of heaven;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/14-5.htm">professes himself the way, the truth, and the life, and one with the Father;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/14-13.htm">assures their prayers to be effectual;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/14-15.htm">requires obedience;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/14-16.htm">promises the Comforter;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/14-27.htm">and leaves his peace with them.</a></span><br></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'; 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Love for Christ is not merely an emotional feeling but a commitment to Him as Lord. In the context of the Upper Room Discourse, Jesus is preparing His disciples for His departure. The love He speaks of is agape love, a selfless, sacrificial love that mirrors the love God has for humanity. This love is foundational to the Christian faith and is echoed in the greatest commandment to love God with all one's heart, soul, and mind (<a href="/matthew/22-37.htm">Matthew 22:37</a>).<p><b>you will keep</b><br>The concept of keeping commandments is deeply rooted in Jewish tradition, where obedience to God's law was a sign of faithfulness. In the New Testament, this obedience is transformed through the lens of grace. Keeping Jesus' commandments is not about legalistic adherence but about living out the principles of His teachings. This reflects the new covenant, where the law is written on believers' hearts (<a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33</a>). The Greek word for "keep" (tereo) implies guarding or preserving, indicating a careful and intentional observance.<p><b>My commandments</b><br>Jesus' commandments encompass His teachings and the moral imperatives He laid out during His ministry. This includes the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), where He expounds on the spirit of the law, and the new commandment to love one another as He has loved us (<a href="/john/13-34.htm">John 13:34</a>). The commandments of Jesus are not burdensome (1 <a href="/john/5-3.htm">John 5:3</a>) but are meant to lead to a life of freedom and fulfillment in Him. They are rooted in love and are a reflection of His character, calling believers to live in a way that honors God and serves others.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a></b><br>The speaker of this verse, Jesus is addressing His disciples during the Last Supper, providing them with final teachings and comfort before His crucifixion.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_disciples.htm">The Disciples</a></b><br>The immediate audience of Jesus' words, representing all believers who follow Christ and seek to live according to His teachings.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_last_supper.htm">The Last Supper</a></b><br>The setting of this discourse, where Jesus shares His final meal with His disciples and imparts crucial teachings about love, obedience, and the coming of the Holy Spirit.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/l/love_as_the_foundation_of_obedience.htm">Love as the Foundation of Obedience</a></b><br>True love for Christ is demonstrated through a willing and joyful obedience to His commandments. This love is not merely emotional but is expressed through action.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_holy_spirit.htm">The Role of the Holy Spirit</a></b><br>Jesus promises the Holy Spirit to help believers keep His commandments. The Spirit empowers and guides us in living a life that reflects our love for Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/commandments_as_a_reflection_of_relationship.htm">Commandments as a Reflection of Relationship</a></b><br>Obedience to Jesus' commandments is not about legalism but about maintaining a close relationship with Him. Our actions reflect our commitment and love for Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_connection_between_love_and_law.htm">The Connection Between Love and Law</a></b><br>Jesus' commandments are rooted in love, and by keeping them, we fulfill the law of love. This aligns with the greatest commandments to love God and love our neighbor.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/practical_obedience_in_daily_life.htm">Practical Obedience in Daily Life</a></b><br>Keeping Jesus' commandments involves practical steps in our daily lives, such as showing kindness, forgiving others, and living with integrity.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_live_by_god's_commandments.htm">How should we live according to God's commandments?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_situation_ethics.htm">What is the concept of situation ethics?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/will_you_keep_my_commandments.htm">Do you love me enough to keep my commandments?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_a_prayer_journal.htm">Do you love me enough to keep my commandments?</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>(15) <span class= "bld">If ye love me, keep my commandments.</span>--Comp. Notes on <a href="/john/14-17.htm" title="Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it sees him not, neither knows him: but you know him; for he dwells with you, and shall be in you.">John 14:17</a>; <a href="/john/13-34.htm" title="A new commandment I give to you, That you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.">John 13:34</a>; <a href="/john/15-10.htm" title="If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.">John 15:10</a>. The connection here is through the condition "in My name," which includes willing obedience to His commands. The word "My" is emphatic--"The commandments which ye have received from Me." Those of this last discourse are perhaps prominent in the thought.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">If ye love me, keep</span> <span class="cmt_word">my commandments</span>. This great saying is enlarged on in the subsequent section - the relation of love to obedience, obedience producing love, and love suggesting obedience and supplying it with motive. <span class="greek">Τὰς ἐντολὰς τὰς ἐμάς</span>, "the commandments which are peculiarly mine" (see Westcott on <a href="/john/15-9.htm">John 15:9</a>), "as either adopted and reuttered by <span class="accented">me</span>, or as originating in my new relation to you." "Guard them as a sacred deposit, obey them as the only reasonable response you can make to authoritative command." It is somewhat startling to find the great promise that follows conditioned by loving obedience, seeing that love and obedience in any sinful man, love to Christ itself, are elsewhere made the work of the Holy Spirit. But we here come across that which often perplexes the student, viz. the contrast between the general idea of the constant and continuous work of grace in human hearts, and the special manifestation in personal glory and Divine activity of the Holy Ghost on Pentecost. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/john/14-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">If</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἐὰν</span> <span class="translit">(Ean)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1437.htm">Strong's 1437: </a> </span><span class="str2">If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you love</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀγαπᾶτέ</span> <span class="translit">(agapate)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_25.htm">Strong's 25: </a> </span><span class="str2">To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Me,</span><br /><span class="grk">με</span> <span class="translit">(me)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> </span><span class="str2">I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you will keep</span><br /><span class="grk">τηρήσετε</span> <span class="translit">(tērēsete)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5083.htm">Strong's 5083: </a> </span><span class="str2">From teros; to guard, i.e. To note; by implication, to detain; by extension, to withhold; by extension, to withhold.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐμὰς</span> <span class="translit">(emas)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 1st Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1699.htm">Strong's 1699: </a> </span><span class="str2">My, mine. From the oblique cases of ego; my.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">commandments.</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐντολὰς</span> <span class="translit">(entolas)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1785.htm">Strong's 1785: </a> </span><span class="str2">An ordinance, injunction, command, law. 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