Yohanes 8:42

8:42 Jesus replied, ¹  “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. ²  I ³  have not come on my own initiative, ⁴  but he ⁵  sent me.

Yohanes 14:15

Teaching on the Holy Spirit

14:15 “If you love me, you will obey ⁶  my commandments. ⁷ 

Yohanes 14:21

14:21 The person who has my commandments and obeys ⁸  them is the one who loves me. ⁹  The one ¹⁰  who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal ¹¹  myself to him.”

Yohanes 14:24

14:24 The person who does not love me does not obey ¹²  my words. And the word ¹³  you hear is not mine, but the Father’s who sent me.

[8:42]  ¹ tn Grk “Jesus said to them.”

[8:42]  ² tn Or “I came from God and have arrived.”

[8:42]  ³ tn Grk “For I.” Here γάρ (gar) has not been translated.

[8:42]  ⁴ tn Grk “from myself.”

[8:42]  ⁵ tn Grk “that one” (referring to God).

[14:15]  ⁶ tn Or “will keep.”

[14:15]  ⁷ sn Jesus’ statement If you love me, you will obey my commandments provides the transition between the promises of answered prayer which Jesus makes to his disciples in vv. 13-14 and the promise of the Holy Spirit which is introduced in v. 16. Obedience is the proof of genuine love.

[14:21]  ⁸ tn Or “keeps.”

[14:21]  ⁹ tn Grk “obeys them, that one is the one who loves me.”

[14:21]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “And the one.” Here the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated to improve the English style.

[14:21]  ¹¹ tn Or “will disclose.”

[14:24]  ¹² tn Or “does not keep.”

[14:24]  ¹³ tn Or “the message.”