Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you — On this condition, not otherwise. A thunderbolt for Antinomianism! Who then dares assert that God's love does not at all depend on man's works? read more
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.All things — Which might be of service to you. read more
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.Ye — My apostles, have not chosen me, but I have chosen you - As clearly appears from the sacred history: and appointed you, that ye may go and bear fruit - I have chosen and appointed you for this end, that ye may go and convert sinners: and that your fruit may remain - That the... read more
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.Because ye are not of the world, therefore the world hateth you — Because your maxims, tempers, actions, are quite opposite to theirs. For the very same reason must the world in all ages hate those who are not of the world. read more
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. John 13:16; Matthew 10:24; Luke 6:40. read more
But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.All these things will they do to you, because they know not him that sent me — And in all ages and nations they who know not God will, for this cause, hate and persecute those that do. read more
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.They had not had sin — Not in this respect. read more
He that hateth me hateth my Father also.He that hateth me — As every unbeliever doth, For as the love of God is inseparable from faith, so is the hatred of God from unbelief. read more
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. Psalm 69:4. read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - John 15:13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.Greater love — To his friends. He here speaks of them only. read more