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John 15:13–15

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13tGreater love hath no man than this, uthat a man lay down his life for his friends. 14Ye are xmy friends, yif ye do whatsoever I command you. 15Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that zI have heard of my Father aI have made known unto 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

  1. tSo Rom. 5:7, 8. Eph. 5:2.
  2. uch. 10:11 (Gk.), 15, 17, 18. 1 John 3:16.
  3. ySo ch. 14:15. Comp. Matt. 12:50.
  4. zch. 3:32. & 8:26.
  5. ach. 17:26. Comp. Gen. 18:17 with ch. 16:12. 1 Cor. 13:9, 10.

Cross references

  1. xLuke 12:4.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Greater love has no one 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 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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.