11These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
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Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-17)Christ, who is love itself, is here discoursing concerning love, a fourfold love. I. Concerning the Father’s love to him; and concerning this he here tells us, 1. That the Father did love him (John 15:9): As the Father hath loved me . He loved him as Mediator: This is my beloved Son . He was the Son of his love. He loved him, and gave all things into his hand ; and yet so loved the world as to del…
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