“ These things I command you, that ye love one another. ”
John 15. The Vine. The relation of the following Chapter s to 14 has been discussed. The Parœ mia, or parable-like discourse, reminds us of the parable or metaphor of the Good Shepherd in ch. 10. T...
17. These things I command you. This too, was appropriately added, that the Apostles might know that mutual love among ministers is demanded above all things, that they may be employed, with...
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
These things I command you,— 'Εντελλομαι υμιν, I inculcate upon you. "I haveexplained to you the high nature and vast importance of your office, as my apostles; and I have put you in mind of my lo...
These things I command you, that ye love one another. These things I command you, that ye love one another. Our Lord repeats here what He had said in John 15:12 , but He recurs to it here in...
The True Yine. The Witness of the Comforter and of the Apostles 1-17. The allegory of the True Vine and its interpretation. The metaphor of 'the vine' was suggested by 'the fruit of the vine' whic...
These things I command you — i.e., the things of which He has spoken from John 15:1 onwards, and especially from John 15:12-16 . After speaking them He comes back to the purpose from which thi...
XIII. NOT SERVANTS, BUT FRIENDS. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are My friends, if ye do the things which I command you. No longer do I ca...
Suffering for Jesus' Sake John 15:17-27 We have been appointed for the one purpose of bearing imperishable fruit, but our holy service to the world will never be appreciated. The world has its...
Our Lord now uttered the great allegory of the vine. Certain words in it arrest our attention, "the vine," "the branches," "the fruit." The close interrelationship between these is emphasized, and ou...
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. (10) If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his lo...
These things I command you ,.... The doctrines which Christ spake, as one having authority, concerning the vine and branches; his love to his disciples, in laying down his life for them, and in acco...
These things I command you, that ye love one another. Ver. 17. That ye love one another ] That ye hold together, because the world will hate you. A spirit of perversities made way for the ruin of...
These things I command you , &c. Again I would remind you, that if you would continue thus to be the objects of these my Father's gracious regards, you must carefully practise your duty to each...
THE MINISTRY OF EXHORTATION CHRIST THE TRUE VINE (vs.1-8) The Lord's ministry of comfort, or of binding up, has been seen in chapter 14. Now in chapter 15 it is that of stirring up, or of exhorta...
Christ's Love to His Disciples. 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my comm...
This is but the repetition of the same precept we before had; unless we will understand it as a more special charge upon them, considered as ministers of the gospel; the mutual love of ministers bein...
2). As the New Israel the Disciples Are To Love One Another ( John 15:12-17 ). The fruit required of the branches of the vine is now clearly expressed. As branches of the true Vine they are to lov...
EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 15:1 . True vine .—Christ and the disciples were now on the way to Gethsemane. Their passing through the vineyards, etc., surrounding the city may have sugges...
John 15:17 (with 1 Peter 2:17 ; Hebrews 13:1 ) I. Look at the words in which the message is delivered: "That ye love one another," that ye "love the brotherhood," that this "brotherly love co...
John 15:1 . I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Not only the Mosaic law, but the whole creation is full of types of Christ. All the vines that we see in this world are only as it...
John 15:1 . I am the true vine. The vine through every age had designated the Hebrew church; here the Lord employs it to designate the Christian church, of which he is the head, and the source of...
This is My commandment, that ye love one another The great commandment of Christ I. THE LOVE OF CHRIST. Remember 1. How free it was. We did not merit it, ask for it, nor even desire it. And...
EXPOSITION John 15:1-43 (7) The parable of the vine and its branches . Incorporation of the disciples into one personality with himself . The image of the vine may have been suggeste...
These things I command you that ye love one another.
1 John 3:14-17 ; 1 Peter 2:17 ; John 15:12