John 15:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 15:9

As the Father hath loved me - The love of the Father toward his only-begotten Son is the highest affection of which we can conceive. Compare Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5. It is the love of God toward his coequal Son. who is like him in all things, who always pleased him, and who was willing to endure the greatest sacrifices and toils to accomplish his purpose of mercy. Yet this love is adduced to illustrate the tender affection which the Lord Jesus has for all his friends.So have I loved you -... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 15:9-11

John 15:9-11. As the Father hath loved me As certainly as he hath loved me; and with that kind of love wherewith he hath loved me, namely, with a love of approbation and delight, constancy and perseverance; so have I loved you As truly, as affectionately, as invariably: continue ye in my love Keep your place in my affection: see that ye do not forfeit that invaluable blessing. How needless was this caution, if it were impossible for them not to abide in his love. If ye keep my... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 15:1-27

145. Union with Jesus (John 15:1-27)In themselves believers have no life, strength or spiritual power. All that they have comes from Jesus Christ. If he is likened to a vine, they are likened to the branches, which means that they can bear spiritual fruit only as they are united in him. As they allow the Father to remove the hindrances of sin from their lives, they will bear even more fruit (John 15:1-5).Those who bear no fruit are like the dead branches of a vine. Though attached to it, they... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 15:9

As = Even as. Greek kathos. the Father . See on John 1:14 . hath loved = loved. Aor. as in second clause. App-135 . continue = abide. Greek. meno, as in John 15:4 . love. App-135 ., and see p. 1511. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 15:9

Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love.Regarding the strange use of the perfect tense here, Westcott noted that:It is simpler to regard the tense as chosen with regard to a work now looked upon as completed, according to the usage which is not infrequent in these discourses. The love of Christ, as it were, is looked upon as the atmosphere in which the disciple lives.[5]Abide ye in my love ... again presupposes the ability of the believer either to abide, or... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 15:9

John 15:9. Continue ye in my love.— Or, "Keep your place in my affection: continue to deserve my love." So again in the next verse, As long as ye keep my commandments, ye shall continue in my love; that is "I shall continue to love you." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 15:9

9-11. continue ye in my love—not, "Continue to love Me," but, "Continue in the possession and enjoyment of My love to you"; as is evident from the next words. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 15:1-16

5. The importance of abiding in Jesus 15:1-16Jesus continued to prepare His disciples for His departure. He next taught the Eleven the importance of abiding in Him with the result that they would produce much spiritual fruit. He dealt with their relationships to Himself, one another, and the world around them in chapter 15. Their responsibilities were to abide, to love, and to testify respectively."If in the Discourse recorded in the fourteenth chapter of St. John’s Gospel the Godward aspect of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 15:9-10

Jesus proceeded to explain that obedience is the key to abiding (cf. John 15:7). The relationship between the Father and the Son is again the paradigm for the relationship between the Son and the believer. The idea is not that we can withdraw from the circle of God’s love by being disobedient. God does not stop loving His disobedient children (cf. Luke 15:11-24). It is rather that we can withdraw from the enjoyment and blessings of His love. John stressed Jesus’ obedience to His Father in this... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 15:9-16

The exposition of themes in the metaphor 15:9-16Jesus proceeded to expound further on some of the themes that He had introduced in His teaching on the vine and the branches (John 15:1-8). We observed the same pattern in Jesus’ teaching about the Good Shepherd in chapter 10. The subject moves generally from the believing disciple’s relationship with God to his or her relationship with other believers. read more

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