john-15:13-14

The Biblical Illustrator - John 15:13

John 15:13Greater love hath no man than this.Let us consider the unparalleled greatness of Christ’s love. I. IN THE OBJECTS OF HIS REGARD. 1. In the vastness of their number. He, indeed, knows their number, but it is beyond all human calculation. We admire local charity and extended philanthropy; but the widest range of human benevolence falls far short of the love of Christ, which flows through all nature, worlds, and generations. We are apt to limit the range of this love; but the love of the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 15:14-17

John 15:14-17Ye are My friends if ye do whatsoever I command youChrist’s friendsNotice I.WHAT CHRIST’S FRIENDS DO FOR HIM (John 15:16). In the former verse, “friends” means chiefly those whom He loved. Here it means mainly those who love Him. 1. He lingers on the idea, as if He would meet the doubts arising from the sense of unworthiness, and from some dim perception of how He towers above them. How wonderful that stooping love of His is! Every form of human love Christ lays His hand upon. “He... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 15:13

13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ver. 13. Greater love than this, &c. ] Of any such love, but in Christ, we shall hardly read. David in a passion may wish, "Would God I had died for thee;" but in cold blood I doubt whether he would have done it. A certain citizen of Toledo, being condemned to die, his son ceased not by prayers and tears to entreat that he might die. for his father; which accordingly he did. (B. Fulg. i.) But this is... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 15:14

14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Ver. 14. If ye do whatsoever, &c. ] In desire and endeavour lifting at the latch, though ye cannot open the door, and looking to both the magnalia great matters and minutuia small matters of the law Boni Catholici sunt (saith Augustine) qui et fidem integram sequuntur, et bonos mores. Good Christians are those who follow a sound faith and good habits. And they are written in the book of life (saith Bernard) that do what they... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - John 15:13

John 10:11, John 10:15, Romans 5:6-Ruth :, Ephesians 5:2, 1 John 4:7-1 Kings : Reciprocal: Proverbs 17:17 - General John 11:11 - he saith John 13:1 - having John 13:34 - That ye love John 15:9 - the Father Romans 5:7 - scarcely Romans 5:8 - commendeth Romans 16:4 - have 1 Corinthians 13:3 - though I give Galatians 2:20 - who Ephesians 3:18 - able 1 Thessalonians 5:10 - died 2 Thessalonians 2:16 - which James 2:23 - the Friend 1 John 3:16 - perceive 1 John 4:11 - General read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - John 15:14

my: John 14:15, John 14:28, 2 Chronicles 20:7, Song of Solomon 5:1, Isaiah 41:8, Matthew 12:50, Luke 12:4, James 2:23 if: John 2:5, John 13:17, John 14:21, 1 John 5:3 Reciprocal: Genesis 6:22 - General Exodus 7:6 - General Exodus 12:50 - as the Lord Exodus 17:10 - Joshua Exodus 33:11 - his friend Leviticus 18:4 - General Leviticus 18:26 - keep Numbers 9:5 - according Deuteronomy 4:1 - unto the statutes Deuteronomy 5:10 - love me Deuteronomy 5:29 - keep all Deuteronomy 11:32 - General... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - John 15:13

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.Greater love — To his friends. He here speaks of them only. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - John 15:14

Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you — On this condition, not otherwise. A thunderbolt for Antinomianism! Who then dares assert that God's love does not at all depend on man's works? read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - John 15:13

13. For his friends By laying down his life for them he demonstrated a love which no love could surpass. Others might faintly follow the example, but it is impossible that any should outdo it. Friends So called, as being loved by him, although they were originally, and before he died for them, enemies. So the apostle (Romans 5:9-10) is not contradicted. By so dying for them he raised them to the rank of friends. And in the case of all those who accept his atonement, he renders them,... read more