Ye will abide (μενειτε). Future tense of μενω, conclusion of the third-class condition (εαν and first aorist active subjunctive τη…

See John 14:23-24.

If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love.—Compare to John 14:21; John 14:24. Keeping His comman…

And men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you wi…

St. John Chrysostom: Our Lord showed above that those who plotted against them would be burned, since they did not abide in Ch…

Love unites the disciples to Christ as branches are united to a vine. Two results stem from this relationship: obedience and joy. Obedience marks t…

If you keep my commandments. He points out to us the method of perseverance: to follow where He calls. For, as Paul says, They who are…

If you keep my commandments you shall abide in my love
Not that their continuance in the heart's love and affection …

Those whom God loves as a Father can despise the hatred of the entire world. Just as the Father loved Christ, who was most worthy, so he loved his …

1. Above, our Lord urged His disciples to remain united with Him; here He shows what this involves. He makes three points: