KJV King James Version
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
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John 15:14
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You are My friends if you do what I command you.
WEB World English Bible
You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
ASV American Standard Version
Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
ye are my friends, if ye may do whatever I command you;
Surrounding context — John 15
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and [that] your joy might be full.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and [that] your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
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Matthew 12:50For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.1 John 5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.James 2:23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.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.John 13:17If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.Luke 12:4And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.Isaiah 41:8But thou, Israel, [art] my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.John 2:5His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do [it].John 14:28Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come [again] unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.2 Chronicles 20:7[Art] not thou our God, [who] didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?Song of Solomon 5:1I am come into my garden, my sister, [my] spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
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