KJV King James Version
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.
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John 14:23
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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;
Surrounding context — John 14
20 At that day ye shall know that I [am] in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
21 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.
22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
23 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.
24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
25 These things have I spoken unto you, being [yet] present with you.
26 But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
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ἈπεκρίθηG611 · apokrinōto answerἸησοῦςG2424 · IēsousJesusκαὶG2532 · kaiandεἶπενG2036 · eiponto sayαὐτῷ·G846 · autosit/s/heἐάνG1437 · eanifτιςG5100 · tisoneἀγαπᾷG25 · agapaōto loveμε,G3165 · memeτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoλόγονG3056 · logoswordμουG3165 · memeτηρήσει,G5083 · tēreōto keep: observeκαὶG2532 · kaiandὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoπατήρG3962 · patērfatherμουG3165 · memeἀγαπήσειG25 · agapaōto loveαὐτόν,G846 · autosit/s/heκαὶG2532 · kaiandπρὸςG4314 · prosto/withαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heἐλευσόμεθαG2064 · erchomaito come/goκαὶG2532 · kaiandμονὴνG3438 · monēabodeπαρ᾽G3844 · parafrom/with/besideαὐτῷG846 · autosit/s/heποιησόμεθα.G4160 · poieōto do/make: do
Cross-references
John 14:21He 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.John 14:15If ye love me, keep my commandments.Revelation 3:20-21Behold, 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.1 John 4:15-16Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.1 John 2:24Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.1 John 4:4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.2 Corinthians 6:16And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.John 10:30I and [my] Father are one.Isaiah 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy; I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.Psalm 91:1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.John 5:17-19But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.John 6:56He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.Romans 8:9-11But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.John 14:17[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.Revelation 7:15-17Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.Revelation 21:22And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.Genesis 1:26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.Genesis 11:7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
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