These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
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Gill's Exposition
This is my commandment, that ye love one another,.... Christ had been before speaking of his commandments; and he mentions this as the principal one, and to which all the rest may be reduced; for as…
Barnes' Notes
These things - The discourse in this and the previous chapter. This discourse was designed to comfort them by the promise of the Holy Spirit and of eternal life, and to direct them in the discharge of…
Adam Clarke
That my joy may remain in you - That the joy which I now feel, on account of your steady, affectionate attachment to me, may be lasting, I give you both warnings and directions, that ye may abide in…
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 (Joh…
Cambridge Bible
These things have I spoken The verse forms a conclusion to the allegory of the Vine. Comp. Joh 15:15; Joh 16:25; Joh 16:33.
might remain Better, may abide: but the reading is doubtful, and perhaps…
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