John 15:11

Contemporary English Version

I have told you this to make you as completely happy as I am.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
I have told you these things so that you can have the true happiness that I have. I want you to be completely happy.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
These thinges have I spoken vnto you yt my ioye myght remayne in you and that youre ioye might be full.

Hebrew Names Version
I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.

International Standard Version
I have told you this so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.John 16:24; 17:13; 1 John 1:4;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
"These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.

New Century Version
I have told you these things so that you can have the same joy I have and so that your joy will be the fullest possible joy.

Update Bible Version
These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and [that] your joy may be made full.

Webster's Bible Translation
These things have I spoken to you, that my joy may remain in you, and [that] your joy may be full.

English Standard Version
These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

World English Bible
I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
I have spoken these things to you, that my joy might remain in you, and your joy might be full.

Weymouth's New Testament
"These things I have spoken to you in order that I may have joy in you, and that your joy may become perfect.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
These thingis Y spak to you, that my ioye be in you, and youre ioye be fulfillid.

English Revised Version
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be fulfilled.

Berean Standard Bible
I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

Amplified Bible
"I have told you these things so that My joy and delight may be in you, and that your joy may be made full and complete and overflowing.

American Standard Version
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.

Bible in Basic English
I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete.

Complete Jewish Bible
I have said this to you so that my joy may be in you, and your joy be complete.

Darby Translation
I have spoken these things to you that my joy may be in you, and your joy be full.

Etheridge Translation
These have I spoken with you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

Murdock Translation
These things have I spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.

King James Version (1611)
These things haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioy might remaine in you, and that your ioy might be full.

New Living Translation
I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!

New Life Bible
I have told you these things so My joy may be in you and your joy may be full.

New Revised Standard
I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.

Geneva Bible (1587)
These things haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioy might remaine in you, and that your ioy might be full.

George Lamsa Translation
I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
These things, have I spoken unto you, that, my own joy, in you, may be, and, your joy, may be made full.

Douay-Rheims Bible
These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be filled.

Revised Standard Version
These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
These thynges haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioy might remayne in you, and that your ioy myght be full.

Good News Translation
"I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.

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

King James Version
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

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.

Literal Translation
I have spoken these things to you that My joy may abide in you, and your joy may be full.

Young's Literal Translation
these things I have spoken to you, that my joy in you may remain, and your joy may be full.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
These thinges haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioye might remayne in you, and yt youre ioye might be perfecte.

Mace New Testament (1729)
These things have I spoken to you, that you might have some present comfort, and that hereafter your joy might be compleat.

THE MESSAGE
"I've told you these things for a purpose: that my joy might be your joy, and your joy wholly mature. This is my command: Love one another the way I loved you. This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends. You are my friends when you do the things I command you. I'm no longer calling you servants because servants don't understand what their master is thinking and planning. No, I've named you friends because I've let you in on everything I've heard from the Father.

New English Translation
I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.

New King James Version
"These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.

Simplified Cowboy Version
I've told you these things so you might be overflowing with joy. These things are what your soul longs for, and the world tries to keep you away from.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.

Legacy Standard Bible
These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.

Contextual Overview

⁹ I have loved you, just as my Father has loved me. So remain faithful to my love for you. ¹⁰ If you obey me, I will keep loving you, just as my Father keeps loving me, because I have obeyed him. ¹¹ I have told you this to make you as completely happy as I am. ¹² Now I tell you to love each other, as I have loved you. ¹³ The greatest way to show love for friends is to die for them. ¹⁴ And you are my friends, if you obey me. ¹⁵ Servants don't know what their master is doing, and so I don't speak to you as my servants. I speak to you as my friends, and I have told you everything that my Father has told me. ¹⁶ You did not choose me. I chose you and sent you out to produce fruit, the kind of fruit that will last. Then my Father will give you whatever you ask for in my name. ¹⁷ So I command you to love each other.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

my: Isaiah 53:11, Isaiah 62:4, Jeremiah 32:41, Jeremiah 33:9, Zephaniah 3:17, Luke 15:5, Luke 15:9, Luke 15:23, Luke 15:32, 1 John 1:4

your: John 16:24, John 16:33, John 17:13, Romans 15:13, 2 Corinthians 1:24, Ephesians 5:18, Philippians 1:25, 1 Thessalonians 5:16, 1 Peter 1:8, 2 John 1:12

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 30:9 - rejoice over thee 1 Chronicles 29:9 - David Proverbs 23:15 - even mine Song of Solomon 3:11 - in the day of the Matthew 26:29 - until John 14:25 - have John 15:9 - continue John 16:1 - General Philippians 2:1 - any consolation

Cross-References

Psalms 119:13
With my own mouth, I tell others the laws that you have spoken.

Ezekiel 17:3
so they will understand what I am saying to them: A large eagle with strong wings and beautiful feathers once flew to Lebanon. It broke the top branch off a cedar tree,

Ezekiel 17:7
There was another eagle with strong wings and thick feathers. The roots and branches of the grapevine soon turned toward this eagle, hoping it would bring water for the soil.

Matthew 13:4
While the farmer was scattering the seed, some of it fell along the road and was eaten by birds.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

These things have I spoken unto you,.... Concerning the vine and branches, his abiding in them, and they in him, their fruitfulness from him, and perseverance in him, his love to them, and theirs to him:

that my joy might remain in you; meaning either that joy with which he joyed in and over them, as united to him, and which is of the same nature as the joy of the bridegroom over the bride, and which will always remain and continue the same; or rather that joy which he is the author, object, ground, and matter of, for there is always reason to rejoice in him, even in the most afflictive circumstances of life:

and that your joy might be full; that grace of joy which is implanted in the soul, by the Spirit of God in regeneration, and arises from, and is increased by discoveries of the person, grace, blood, righteousness, and sacrifice of Christ; and is "full of glory", 1 Peter 1:8; upon a clear sight of him in this life, and will be entirely full, completely perfected in the other world, when he will be seen as he is,

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

These things - The discourse in this and the previous chapter. This discourse was designed to comfort them by the promise of the Holy Spirit and of eternal life, and to direct them in the discharge of their duty.

My joy - This expression probably denotes the happiness which Jesus had, and would continue to have, by their obedience, love, and fidelity. Their obedience was to him a source of joy. It was that which he sought and for which he had labored. He now clearly taught them the path of duty, and encouraged them to persevere, notwithstanding he was about to leave them. If they obeyed him, it would continue to him to be a source of joy. Christ rejoices in the obedience of all his friends; and, though his happiness is not dependent on them, yet their fidelity is an object which he desires and in which he finds delight. The same sentiment is expressed in John 17:13.

Your joy might be full - That you might be delivered from your despondency and grief at my departure; that you might see the reason why I leave you, be comforted by the Holy Spirit, and be sustained in the arduous trials of your ministry. See 1 John 1:4; 2 John 1:12. This promise of the Saviour was abundantly fulfilled. The apostles with great frequency speak of the fulness of their joy - joy produced in just the manner promised by the Saviour - by the presence of the Holy Spirit. And it showed his great love, that he promised such joy; his infinite knowledge, that, in the midst of their many trials and persecutions, he knew that they would possess it; and the glorious power and loveliness of his gospel, that it could impart such joy amid so many tribulations. See instances of this joy in Acts 13:52; Romans 14:17; 2 Corinthians 2:3; Galatians 5:22; 1 Thessalonians 1:6; 1Th 2:19-20; 1 Thessalonians 3:9; 1 Peter 1:8; Romans 5:11; 2 Corinthians 7:4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 15:11. That my joy may remain in you — That the joy which I now feel, on account of your steady, affectionate attachment to me, may be lasting, I give you both warnings and directions, that ye may abide in the faith.

That your joy might be full. — Or, complete - πληρωθη, filled up: a metaphor taken from a vessel, into which water or any other thing is poured, till it is full to the brim. The religion of Christ expels all misery from the hearts of those who receive it in its fulness. It was to drive wretchedness out of the world that Jesus came into it.

Bishop Pearce, by joining εν εμοι to χαρα, and not to μεινη, translates the verse thus: These things have I spoken, that my joy in you may remain-which is according to the meaning given to the first clause.