John 14:21

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

He that hath my comaundemetes and kepeth them the same is he that loveth me. And he yt loveth me shall be loved of my father: and I will love him and will shewe myne awne selfe vnto him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ ἔχων τὰς ἐντολάς μου, καὶ τηρῶν αὐτάς, ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν ὁ ἀγαπῶν με: ὁ δὲ ἀγαπῶν με ἀγαπηθήσεται ὑπὸ τοῦ Πατρός μου, καὶ ἐγὼ ἀγαπήσω αὐτόν, καὶ ἐμφανίσω αὐτῷ ἐμαυτόν.

Transliteration

The one echōn tas entolas of me, and tērōn autas, ekeinos estin the one agapōn me: and the one agapōn me agapēthēsetai hypo tou Patros of me, and egō agapēsō auton, and emphanisō autō emauton.

Grammar Details

• *echōn*: present participle active, nominative, masculine, singular - having
• *tas entolas*: accusative, feminine, plural - the commandments
• *mou*: genitive, 1st person singular pronoun - my/of me
• *tērōn*: present participle active, nominative, masculine, singular - keeping
• *autas*: accusative, feminine, plural pronoun - them
• *ekeinos*: nominative, masculine, singular demonstrative - that one
• *estin*: present indicative, 3rd person singular - is
• *agapōn*: present participle active, nominative, masculine, singular - loving
• *me*: accusative, 1st person singular pronoun - me
• *agapēthēsetai*: future indicative passive, 3rd person singular - will be loved
• *hypo tou Patros*: preposition + genitive - by the Father
• *egō*: nominative, 1st person singular pronoun, emphatic - I
• *agapēsō*: future indicative active, 1st person singular - I will love
• *auton*: accusative, masculine, singular pronoun - him
• *emphanisō*: future indicative active, 1st person singular - I will manifest/reveal
• *autō*: dative, masculine, singular pronoun - to him
• *emauton*: accusative, 1st person singular reflexive pronoun - myself

Word Meanings

• *entolas*: commandments/instructions/precepts
• *tērōn*: keeping/observing/guarding
• *agapōn*: loving/cherishing/valuing highly
• *emphanisō*: manifest/reveal/show/disclose

Referenced Verses

• John 14:15 : 15 If ye love me kepe my comaundementes
• 1 John 2:5 : 5 Whosoever kepeth his (worde) in him is the love of god parfect in dede. And therby knowe we that we are in him.
• 1 John 5:3 : 3 This is ye love of god yt we kepe his comaundemetes and his comaundementes are not greveous
• 2 John 1:6 : 6 And this is the love that we shulde walke after his commaundementes. This commaundement is (that as ye have hearde from the begynninge) ye shuld walke in it.
• 1 John 3:18-24 : 18 My babes let vs not love in worde nether in tonge: but with dede and in veritie: 19 for therby we knowe that we are of the veritie and can before him quiet oure hertes. 20 But yf oure hertes condempne vs God is gretter then oure hertes and knoweth all thinges. 21 Beloved yf oure hertes condempne vs not then have we trust to god warde: 22 and what soever we axe we shall receave of him: be cause we kepe his commaundementes and do those thinges which are pleasinge in his sight. 23 And this is his comaundemet that we beleve on ye name of his sonne Iesus Christ and love one another as he gave comaundemet. 24 And he yt kepeth his comaundemetes dwelleth in him and he in him: and therby we knowe that ther abydeth in vs of the sprete which he gave vs.
• John 16:27 : 27 For ye father him selfe loveth you because ye have loved me and have beleved that I came out from God.
• John 15:9-9 : 9 As the father hath loved me eve so have I leved you. Continue in my love. 10 Yf ye shall kepe my comaudemetes ye shall byde in my love eve as I have kept my fathers comaundementes and byde in his love.
• Luke 11:28 : 28 But he sayde: Ye happy are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it.
• John 14:22-24 : 22 Iudas sayde vnto him (not Iudas Iscarioth) Lorde what is the cause that thou wilt shewe thy selfe vnto vs and not vnto the worlde? 23 Iesus answered and sayde vnto him: yf a man love me and wyll kepe my sayinges my father also will love him and we will come vnto him and will dwelle with him. 24 He that loveth me not kepeth not my sayinges. And the wordes which ye heare are not myne but the fathers which sent me.
• Deut 30:6-8 : 6 And the Lorde thi God will circumcyse thine hert and the hert of thi seed for to loue the Lorde thi God with all thine hert and all thi soule, that thou mayst lyue. 7 And the Lorde thi God will put al these curses vpo thine enemyes and on the that hate the and persecute the. 8 But thou shalt turne and herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde and doo all his commaundmentes which I commaunde the this day
• Deut 10:12-13 : 12 And now Israel what is it that the Lord thi God requyreth of the, but to feare the Lord thi God and to walke in all his wayes and to loue him and to serue the Lorde thy God with all thyne herte and with all thy soule, 13 that thou kepe the commaundmentes of the Lorde ad his ordinaunces which I commaunde the this daye, for thy welth.
• Deut 11:13 : 13 Yf thou shalt herken therfore vnto my commaundementes which I commaunde you this daye, that ye loue the Lorde youre God and serue him with all youre hertes and with all youre soules:
• John 15:14 : 14 Ye are my fredes yf ye do whatsoever I commaunde you.
• 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For it is God that commauded the light to shyne out of darcknes which hath shyned in oure hertes for to geve the light of the knowledge of the glorie of God in the face of Iesus Christ.
• 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For the love of Christ costrayneth vs be cause we thus iudge yf one be deed for all yt then are all deed 15 and that he dyed for all that they which live shuld not hence forth live vnto them selves but vnto hym whith died for them and rose agayne.
• Jas 2:23-24 : 23 and ye scripture was fulfilled which sayth: Abraham beleved God and it was reputed vnto him for rightewesnes: and he was called the frede of God. 24 Ye se then how that of dedes a man is iustified and not of fayth only.
• 1 John 1:1-3 : 1 ¶ That which was fro the begynninge concerninge which we have hearde which we have sene with oure eyes which we have loked vpon and oure hondes have hadled of the worde of life. 2 For the lyfe appered and we have sene and beare witnes and shewe vnto you that eternall lyfe which was with the father and appered vnto vs. 3 That which we have sene and herde declare we vnto you that ye maye have felloushippe with vs and that oure fellishippe maye be with the father and his sonne Iesus Christ.
• Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are they that do hys commaundmentes that their power maye be in the tree of lyfe and maye entre in thorow the gates into the cite.
• Rev 2:17 : 17 Lett him that hath eares heare what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacios: To him that overcommeth will I geve to eate manna that is hyd and will geve him a whyte stone and in the stone a newe name wrytten which no ma knoweth savinge he that receaveth it.
• Rev 3:20 : 20 Beholde I stode at the doore and knocke. Yf eny man heare my voyce and opon the dore I will come in vnto him and will suppe with him and he with me.
• 2 Thess 2:16 : 16 Oure LORde Iesu Christ hym silfe and God oure father which hath loved vs and hath geven vs everlastynge consolacion and good hope thorowe grace
• John 17:23 : 23 I in them and thou in me that they maye be made perfecte in one and that the worlde maye knowe that thou hast sent me and hast loved them as thou hast loved me.
• Gen 26:3-5 : 3 Sogeorne in this lade and I wyll be with ye and wyll blesse ye: for vnto the and vnto thy sede I will geue all these cotreis And I will performe the oothe which I swore vnto Abraha thy father 4 and will multiplye thy seed as ye starres of heave and will geue vnto thy seed all these contreis. And thorow thy seed shall all the natios of the erth be blessed 5 because yt Abraha harkened vnto mi voyce and kepte mine ordinauces comaudmetes statutes and lawes