John 15:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete.

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  • John 17:13 : 13 And now I come to you; and these things I say in the world so that they may have my joy complete in them.
  • John 16:24 : 24 Up to now you have made no request in my name: do so, and it will be answered, so that your hearts may be full of joy.
  • 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:
  • Rom 15:13 : 13 Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 John 1:4 : 4 And we are writing these things to you so that our joy may be made complete.
  • 2 John 1:12 : 12 Having much to say to you, it is not my purpose to put it all down with paper and ink: but I am hoping to come to you, and to have talk with you face to face, so that your joy may be full.
  • John 16:33 : 33 I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.
  • Luke 15:23 : 23 And get the fat young ox and put it to death, and let us have a feast, and be glad.
  • Luke 15:32 : 32 But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.
  • John 3:29 : 29 He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.
  • Isa 53:11 : 11 ... made clear his righteousness before men ... had taken their sins on himself.
  • Isa 62:4 : 4 You will not now be named, She who is given up; and your land will no longer be named, The waste land: but you will have the name, My pleasure is in her, and your land will be named, Married: for the Lord has pleasure in you, and your land will be married.
  • Jer 32:41 : 41 And truly, I will take pleasure in doing them good, and all my heart and soul will be given to planting them in this land in good faith.
  • Jer 33:9 : 9 And this town will be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth, who, hearing of all the good which I am doing for them, will be shaking with fear because of all the good and the peace which I am doing for it.
  • Zeph 3:17 : 17 The Lord your God is among you, as a strong saviour: he will be glad over you with joy, he will make his love new again, he will make a song of joy over you as in the time of a holy feast.
  • Luke 15:5 : 5 And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy.
  • Luke 15:9 : 9 And when she has it again, she gets her friends and neighbours together, saying, Be glad with me, for I have got back the bit of silver which had gone from me.
  • 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 Not that we have authority over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy: for it is faith which is your support.
  • Eph 5:18 : 18 And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;
  • Phil 1:25 : 25 And being certain of this, I am conscious that I will go on, yes, and go on with you all, for your growth and joy in the faith;
  • 1 Thess 5:16 : 16 Have joy at all times.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 17:13
    84%

    13 And now I come to you; and these things I say in the world so that they may have my joy complete in them.

  • John 15:7-10
    4 verses
    82%

    7 If you are in me at all times, and my words are in you, then anything for which you make a request will be done for you.

    8 Here is my Father's glory, in that you give much fruit and so are my true disciples.

    9 Even as the Father has given me his love, so I have given my love to you: be ever in my love.

    10 If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.

  • John 15:12
    82%

    12 This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.

  • 1 John 1:4
    81%

    4 And we are writing these things to you so that our joy may be made complete.

  • John 15:14-17
    4 verses
    78%

    14 You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do.

    15 No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.

    16 You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.

    17 So this is my law for you: Have love one for another.

  • John 14:25
    78%

    25 I have said all this to you while I am still with you.

  • John 16:22-25
    4 verses
    78%

    22 So you have sorrow now: but I will see you again, and your hearts will be glad, and no one will take away your joy.

    23 And on that day you will put no questions to me. Truly I say to you, Whatever request you make to the Father, he will give it to you in my name.

    24 Up to now you have made no request in my name: do so, and it will be answered, so that your hearts may be full of joy.

    25 All this I have said to you in veiled language: but the time is coming when I will no longer say things in veiled language but will give you knowledge of the Father clearly.

  • John 16:33
    76%

    33 I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.

  • John 14:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15 If you have love for me, you will keep my laws.

    16 And I will make prayer to the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you for ever,

  • John 16:20
    75%

    20 Truly I say to you, You will be weeping and sorrowing, but the world will be glad: you will be sad, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

  • John 17:21-24
    4 verses
    74%

    21 May they all be one! Even as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, so let them be in us, so that all men may come to have faith that you sent me.

    22 And the glory which you have given to me I have given to them, so that they may be one even as we are one;

    23 I in them, and you in me, so that they may be made completely one, and so that it may become clear to all men that you have sent me and that they are loved by you as I am loved by you.

    24 Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being.

  • John 16:6
    74%

    6 But your hearts are full of sorrow because I have said these things.

  • John 14:27-28
    2 verses
    74%

    27 May peace be with you; my peace I give to you: I give it not as the world gives. Let not your heart be troubled; let it be without fear.

    28 Keep in mind how I said to you, I go away and come to you again. If you had love for me you would be glad, because I am going to the Father: for the Father is greater than I.

  • 2 Cor 2:3
    74%

    3 And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.

  • John 3:29
    74%

    29 He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.

  • John 16:1
    73%

    1 I have said these things to you so that you may not be in doubt.

  • John 15:4
    73%

    4 Be in me at all times as I am in you. As the branch is not able to give fruit of itself, if it is not still on the vine, so you are not able to do so if you are not in me.

  • John 13:17
    73%

    17 If these things are clear to you, happy are you if you do them.

  • John 12:50
    73%

    50 And I have knowledge that his order is eternal life: so that the things which I say, I say them even as the Father says them to me.

  • John 14:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    19 A little time longer, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me; and you will be living because I am living.

    20 At that time it will be clear to you that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I in you.

    21 He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him.

  • John 17:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10 (All mine are yours, and yours are mine) and I have glory in them.

    11 And now I will be no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I come to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name which you have given to me, so that they may be one even as we are one.

  • 3 John 1:4
    72%

    4 I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.

  • John 17:26
    72%

    26 And I have given to them knowledge of your name, and will give it, so that the love which you have for me may be in them and I in them.

  • John 13:33-35
    3 verses
    72%

    33 My dear children, I am only to be with you a little longer. Then you will be looking for me: and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you, Where I am going you may not come.

    34 I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.

    35 By this it will be clear to all men that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.

  • John 14:31
    71%

    31 But he comes so that the world may see that I have love for the Father, and that I am doing as I am ordered by the Father. Get up, and let us go.

  • Phil 2:2
    71%

    2 Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in harmony and of one mind;

  • John 16:4
    71%

    4 I have said these things to you so that when the time comes, what I have said may come to your mind. I did not say them to you at the first, because then I was still with you.

  • John 16:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15 Everything which the Father has is mine: that is why I say, He will take of what is mine and will make it clear to you.

    16 After a little time you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me.

  • 1 Thess 5:16
    71%

    16 Have joy at all times.

  • John 15:20
    70%

    20 Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.