“As the father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. 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. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit- fruit that will last. Then the father will give you whatever you ask in my name. This is my command: Love each other.”

John 15:9-17

Resources:

John (IVP New Testament Commentary) (Whitacre 2010):

https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/ivp-nt/John

The Gospel According to John (PNTC) (Carson 1991):

http://a.co/d/iFpj8x5

The Gospel of John: A Theological Commentary (Ridderbos 1997):

http://a.co/d/ewzGEI1

The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament (Keener 2014):

http://a.co/d/9Em82ki

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