¹²^p“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. ¹³^qGreater love has no one than this, ^rthat someone lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴You are ^smy friends ^tif you do what I command you. ¹⁵^uNo longer do I call you servants,¹ for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for ^xall that I have heard from my Father ^yI have made known to you. ¹⁶You did not choose me, but ^zI chose you and appointed you that you should go and ^abear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that ^bwhatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. ¹⁷These things I command you, ^cso that you will love one another.

The Hatred of the World

¹⁸^d“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.

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John 15:15: No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

Footnotes

1Or bondservants, or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see ); likewise for servant later in this verse and in verse 20

Cross references

n[2 Cor. 2:3]
och. 3:29; 16:24; 17:13; 1 John 1:4; 2 John 12
pSee ch. 13:34
q Rom. 5:7, 8; Eph. 5:2
rSee ch. 10:11
s Luke 12:4
t[ver. 10; Matt. 12:50]
u[ver. 20]
xch. 3:32; 8:26, 40; [ch. 16:13]
ych. 17:26; [Gen. 18:17; 1 Cor. 2:16; 13:9, 10]
zSee ch. 13:18
a[2 John 8]
b[ver. 7]; See ch. 14:13
cver. 12
dch. 7:7; 1 John 3:13; [ver. 23, 24]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. This is my command: Love each other.

“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

“This is my command: Love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this: to lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn’t know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from my Father. You did not choose me, but I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.

“This is what I command you: Love one another.

“If the world hates you, understand that it hated me before it hated you.

NLTNew Living Translation

I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me. You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name. This is my command: Love each other.

“If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I have spoken these things to you in order that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be made complete. This is my commandment: that you love one another just as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this: that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you slaves, because the slave does not know what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything that I have heard from my Father I have revealed to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and your fruit should remain, in order that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. These things I command you: that you love one another.

If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.

KJV 1900King James Version

These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. These things I command you, that ye love one another. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

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