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.
Henceforth I call you not servants - that is, in the restricted sense explained in the next words; for servants He still calls them (John 15:20), and such they delight to call themselves, in the sense of being "under law to Christ" (1 Corinthians 9:21);
For the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth - knows nothing of his master's plans and reasons, but simply receives and executes his orders.
But I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you - `I have admitted you to free, unrestrained fellowship, keeping back nothing from you which I have received to communicate.' (See Genesis 18:17; Psalms 25:14; Isaiah 50:4).