14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
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For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
And 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.
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.
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
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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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