John 14:15

Bishops' Bible (1568)

If ye loue me, kepe my commaundementes,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐὰν ἀγαπᾶτέ με, τὰς ἐντολὰς τὰς ἐμὰς τηρήσατε.

Transliteration

If agapate me, the entolas the emas tērēsate.

Grammar Details

• *agapate*: present subjunctive active, 2nd person plural - you love
• *me*: accusative, 1st person singular pronoun - me
• *entolas*: accusative, feminine, plural - commandments
• *emas*: accusative, feminine, plural possessive adjective - my
• *tērēsate*: aorist imperative active, 2nd person plural - keep!

Word Meanings

• *agapate*: love/cherish/value highly
• *entolas*: commandments/instructions/precepts
• *tērēsate*: keep/observe/guard/maintain

Referenced Verses

• 1 John 2:3-5 : 3 And hereby we are sure that we knowe hym, yf we kepe his comaundementes. 4 He that sayth I knowe hym, and kepeth not his commaundementes, is a lyer, and the veritie is not in hym: 5 But who so kepeth his worde, in him is the loue of God perfect in deede. Hereby knowe we that we are in hym.
• 1 John 5:2-3 : 2 By this we knowe that we loue the chyldren of God, when we loue God, and kepe his commaundementes. 3 For this is the loue of God, that we kepe his commaundementes, and his commaundementes are not greeuous.
• 1 John 4:19-20 : 19 We loue hym, for he loued vs first. 20 If a man say, I loue God, & yet hate his brother, he is a lyer: For how can he yt loueth not his brother whom he hath seene, loue God who he hath not seene?
• 2 John 1:6 : 6 And this is the loue, that we shoulde walke after his comaundement. This commaundement is, that as ye haue hearde from the begynnyng, ye shoulde walke in it.
• John 14:21-24 : 21 He that hath my commaundementes, and kepeth them, the same is he that loueth me: And he that loueth me, shalbe loued of my father, and I wyll loue him, and wyll shew myne owne selfe to hym. 22 Iudas sayth vnto hym, not Iudas Iscariot: Lorde, what is done, that thou wylt shewe thy selfe vnto vs, and not vnto the worlde? 23 Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto hym: If a man loue me, he wyll kepe my sayinges: and my father wyll loue hym, and we wyll come vnto hym, and dwell with hym. 24 He that loueth me not, kepeth not my sayinges: And the word which ye heare, is not myne, but the fathers which sent me.
• John 15:10-14 : 10 Yf ye kepe my commaundementes, ye shall abyde in my loue, euen as I haue kept my fathers commaundementes, and abyde in his loue. 11 These thynges haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioy might remayne in you, and that your ioy myght be full. 12 This is my commaundement, that ye loue together, as I haue loued you. 13 Greater loue hath no man, then this: yt a man bestowe his life for his frendes. 14 Ye are my frendes, yf ye do whatsoeuer I commaunde you.
• Eph 3:16-18 : 16 That he would graunt you, according to the rychesse of his glorie, to be strengthed with myght by his spirite in the inner man. 17 That Christe may dwell in your heartes by fayth: that ye beyng rooted and grounded in loue, 18 Myght be able to comprehende with al saintes, what is the breadth, & length, and deapth, and heygth:
• Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Iesus Christe, neither is circumcision any thing woorth, neither yet vncircumcision: but fayth, which worketh by loue.
• Matt 25:34-40 : 34 Then shall the king say vnto them on his right hande: Come ye blessed of my father, inherite the kyngdome, prepared for you from the foundation of the worlde. 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me drynke: I was harbourlesse, and ye toke me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: Sicke, and ye visited me: I was in pryson, and ye came vnto me. 37 Then shall the ryghteous aunswere hym, saying: Lorde, when sawe we thee an hungred, & fedde thee? or thirstie and gaue thee drynke? 38 When sawe we thee harbourlesse, and toke thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when sawe we thee sicke, or in prison, and came vnto thee? 40 And the kyng shall aunswere, and say vnto them: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethren, ye haue done it vnto me.
• 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For the loue of Christe constrayneth vs, because we thus iudge, that yf one dyed for all, then were all dead. 15 And he dyed for all, that they which lyue, shoulde not hencefoorth lyue vnto them selues, but vnto hym which dyed for them, and rose agayne.
• 2 Cor 8:8-9 : 8 This say I not by commaundement, but because of ye feruentnesse of other, & alowing the vnfaynednes of your loue. 9 For ye knowe the grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poore, that ye through his pouertie might be made rich.
• Matt 10:37 : 37 He that loueth father or mother, more then me, is not worthy of me. And he that loueth sonne or daughter, more the me, is not worthy of me.
• 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 Whom ye haue not seene, and yet loue hym, in whom euen nowe though ye see hym not, yet do you beleue, & reioyce with ioy vnspeakeable and glorious:
• Eph 6:24 : 24 Grace be with all them whiche loue our Lorde Iesus Christe in sinceritie. Amen. Sent from Rome vnto the Ephesians, by Tichicus.
• John 8:42 : 42 Iesus saide vnto them: Yf God were your father, truely ye woulde loue me: For I proceaded foorth, and came from God: neither came I of my selfe, but he sent me.
• John 21:15-17 : 15 So when they had dyned, Iesus saith to Simon Peter: Simon Ioanna, louest thou me more then these? He sayd vnto hym: Yea Lorde, thou knowest that I loue thee. He sayth vnto hym: feede my lambes. 16 He sayth to hym agayne the seconde tyme: Simon Ioanna, louest thou me? He sayth vnto hym: Yea Lorde, thou knowest that I loue thee. He sayde vnto hym: feede my sheepe. 17 He sayde vnto hym the thirde tyme: Simon Ioanna, louest thou me? Peter was sory, because he sayde vnto hym the thirde tyme, louest thou me: And he sayde vnto hym, Lorde thou knowest all thynges, thou knowest that I loue thee. Iesus sayth vnto hym: feede my sheepe.
• 1 Cor 16:22 : 22 Yf any man loue not the Lorde Iesus Christe, the same be Anathema maranatha.
• Phil 1:20-23 : 20 Accordyng to my expectation, and my hope, yt in nothyng I shalbe ashamed: but yt with all boldnesse, as alwayes, so now also, Christ shalbe magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. 21 For Christe is to me lyfe, and death is to me aduantage. 22 But if I lyue in the fleshe, this (is) the fruite of my labour, and what I shall chose, I wote not. 23 For I am in a strayte betwixt two, hauyng a desire to be loosed, and to be with Christ, which is much farre better.
• Phil 3:7-9 : 7 But the thynges that were vauntage vnto me, those I counted losse for Christes sake. 8 Yea, I thynke all thynges but losse, for the excellencie of the knowledge of Christe Iesus my Lorde: For whom I haue counted all thyng losse, & do iudge the but vile, that I may winne Christe, 9 And be founde in hym, not hauyng myne owne ryghteousnesse which is of the lawe: but that which is through the fayth of Christ, the ryghteousnes which commeth of God through fayth: 10 That I may knowe hym, and the power of his resurrection, and the felowshippe of his passions, confirmable vnto his death, 11 If by any meanes, I myght attayne vnto the resurrection of the dead.