John 15:10

King James Version 1611 (Original)

If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐὰν τὰς ἐντολάς μου τηρήσητε, μενεῖτε ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ μου· καθὼς ἐγὼ τὰς ἐντολὰς τοῦ Πατρός μου τετήρηκα, καὶ μένω αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ.

Transliteration

Ean tas entolas mou tērēsēte, meneite en tē agapē mou; kathōs egō tas entolas tou Patros mou tetērēka, and menō autou en tē agapē.

Grammar Details

• *Ean*: conditional particle - if
• *tas entolas*: accusative, feminine, plural - the commandments
• *mou*: genitive, singular, first person pronoun - my/of me
• *tērēsēte*: aorist subjunctive, active, second person plural - you keep
• *meneite*: future indicative, active, second person plural - you will remain
• *en tē agapē*: preposition + dative - in the love
• *kathōs*: adverb - just as/even as
• *egō*: nominative, singular, first person pronoun - I
• *tou Patros*: genitive, masculine, singular - of the Father
• *tetērēka*: perfect indicative, active, first person singular - I have kept
• *menō*: present indicative, active, first person singular - I remain/abide
• *autou*: genitive, masculine, singular, pronoun - his/of him

Word Meanings

• *entolas*: commandments/instructions/orders
• *tērēsēte*: keep/observe/obey
• *meneite*: will remain/will abide/will continue
• *tetērēka*: have kept/have observed/have obeyed
• *menō*: remain/abide/stay/continue

Referenced Verses

• John 14:15 : 15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
• 2 Pet 2:21 : 21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
• 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
• 1 John 3:21-24 : 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. 22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. 23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
• 1 John 5:3 : 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
• Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
• John 4:34 : 34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
• John 8:29 : 29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
• John 12:49 : 49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
• John 14:21 : 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
• John 14:31 : 31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
• John 17:4 : 4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
• 1 Cor 7:19 : 19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
• 1 John 2:1-2 : 1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
• 1 John 2:5 : 5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
• Isa 42:1-4 : 1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. 3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. 4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
• Matt 3:15-17 : 15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. 16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
• Heb 7:26 : 26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
• Heb 10:5-9 : 5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. 8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; 9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. 10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.