John 15:14

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὑμεῖς φίλοι μου ἐστέ, ἐὰν ποιῆτε ὅσα ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαι ὑμῖν.

Transliteration

Humeis philoi mou este, ean poiēte hosa egō entellomai humin.

Grammar Details

• *Humeis*: nominative, plural, second person pronoun - you [plural]
• *philoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - friends
• *mou*: genitive, singular, first person pronoun - my/of me
• *este*: present indicative, active, second person plural - you are
• *ean*: conditional particle - if
• *poiēte*: present subjunctive, active, second person plural - you do
• *hosa*: relative pronoun, accusative, neuter, plural - whatever things
• *egō*: nominative, singular, first person pronoun - I
• *entellomai*: present indicative, middle, first person singular - command/instruct
• *humin*: dative, plural, second person pronoun - to you [plural]

Word Meanings

• *philoi*: friends/loved ones/dear ones
• *poiēte*: do/perform/practice
• *hosa*: whatever things/as many things as
• *entellomai*: command/instruct/order

Referenced Verses

• Matt 12:50 : 50 ‹For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.›
• Luke 12:4 : 4 ‹And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.›
• 1 John 5:3 : 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
• 2 Chr 20:7 : 7 [Art] not thou our God, [who] didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
• Song 5:1 : 1 ¶ I am come into my garden, my sister, [my] spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
• Isa 41:8 : 8 But thou, Israel, [art] my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
• John 2:5 : 5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do [it].
• John 13:17 : 17 ‹If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.›
• John 14:15 : 15 ¶ ‹If ye love me, keep my commandments.›
• 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 14:28 : 28 ¶ ‹Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come› [again] ‹unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.›
• Jas 2:23 : 23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.