11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.(A)

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11 “I have spoken these things to you so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.(A)

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11-15 “I’ve told you these things for a purpose: that my joy might be your joy, and your joy wholly mature. This is my command: Love one another the way I loved you. This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends. You are my friends when you do the things I command you. I’m no longer calling you servants because servants don’t understand what their master is thinking and planning. No, I’ve named you friends because I’ve let you in on everything I’ve heard from the Father.

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11 “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.

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11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.(A) 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.(B) 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.(C) 14 You are my friends(D) if you do what I command.(E) 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.(F)

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11 “I have spoken these things to you so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.(A) 12 This is My command: Love one another as I have loved(B) you. 13 No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life(C) for his friends. 14 You are My friends if you do what I command you. 15 I do not call you slaves anymore, because a slave doesn’t know what his master[a](D) is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from My Father.

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Footnotes

  1. John 15:15 Or lord

11-15 “I’ve told you these things for a purpose: that my joy might be your joy, and your joy wholly mature. This is my command: Love one another the way I loved you. This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends. You are my friends when you do the things I command you. I’m no longer calling you servants because servants don’t understand what their master is thinking and planning. No, I’ve named you friends because I’ve let you in on everything I’ve heard from the Father.

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11 “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 12 (A)My commandment is this: love one another, just as I love you. 13 The greatest love you can have for your friends is to give your life for them. 14 And you are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 I do not call you servants any longer, because servants do not know what their master is doing. Instead, I call you friends, because I have told you everything I heard from my Father.

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