“ As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. ”
As the Father hath loved me - The love of the Father toward his only-begotten Son is the highest affection of which we can conceive. Compare Matthew 3:17 ; Matthew 17:5 . It is the love of God...
(3) As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: (b) continue ye in my love. (3) The love of the Father towards the Son, and of the Son towards us, and of us toward God and our neighbour, are j...
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...
As . Even as. Greek kathos. the Father . See on John 1:14 . hath loved . loved. Aor. as in second clause. App-135. continue . abide. Greek. meno, as in John 15:4 . love. App-135., and...
9. As the Father hath loved me. He intended to express something far greater than is commonly supposed; for they who think that he now speaks of the sacred love of God the Father, which h...
DISCOURSE: 1693 THE FATHER’S LOVE TO CHRIST, AND CHRIST’S TO US John 15:9 . As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love . REASON could never suggest motives suffici...
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
Continue ye in my love.— Or, "Keep your place in my affection: continue to deserve my love." So again in the next verse, As long as ye keep my commandments, ye shall continue in my love; that is...
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you. See the notes at John 17:22 ; John 17:26 . Continue (or 'abide...
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...
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you. — Better, As the Father hath loved Me, I have also loved you. He had passed from the thought of their discipleship to the foundation of their uni...
John 15:1-12 XII. THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES. "Arise, let us go hence. I am the true Vine, and My Father is the Husbandman. Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit, He taketh it away: and...
the Condition of Fruitfulness John 15:1-9 The vine is not able to do its work in the world without its branches; they stretch far from the root, to bear its strength and sweetness to those who...
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...
As the Father hath loved me ,.... As his own Son, and as Mediator, from everlasting; and in time, in his state of humiliation, throughout the course of his obedience, and under all his sufferings; w...
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. Ver. 9. Continue ye in my love ] In the love wherewith I do dearly love you. As who should say, Suffer yourselves to be l...
As the Father hath loved me As certainly as he hath loved me; and with that kind of love wherewith he hath loved me, namely, with a love of approbation and delight, constancy and perseverance; so...
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...
What our Saviour before called an abiding in him, and his words abiding in us, and a bearing and bringing forth much fruit, he here calleth a continuing in his love; though indeed this phrase also ma...
1). Jesus Is The New Israel, Which is To Act As The New Witness for God In The World. If We Would Enjoy His Blessing We Must Do So By Living Continually In Him In Trust and Obedience As Branches Rem...
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 15:1 . I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. All other vines were but types and shadows; Christ is the substance; God's ideal vine; «the true vine.» Israel was a vine; the fi...
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...
As the Father hath loved Me, so have I loved you Divine love The principle of Divine love constitutes the essence of true religion. Upon the golden link of love hangs not only the gospel, but...
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...
The earnest application:
1 John 2:28 ; Ephesians 3:18 ; John 15:11 ; John 15:13 ; John 17:23 ; John 17:26 ; Jude 1:20 ; Revelation 1:5
The Holy Ghost John 15:1-15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are confronted with one of the great themes of Scripture. The word "Ghost" is an old English word meaning "guest." The Holy Spirit is the Holy...
Abide ye in my love — Keep your place in my affection. See that ye do not forfeit that invaluable blessing. How needless a caution, if it were impossible for them not to abide therein?