Ioan 14:23

Romanian Cornilescu Translation

Drept răspuns, Isus i -a zis: ,,Dacă Mă iubeşte cineva, va păzi cuvîntul Meu, şi Tatăl Meu îl va iubi. Noi vom veni la el, şi vom locui împreună cu el.

Bible Verse Review
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If: John 14:15, John 14:21

make: John 14:17, John 5:17-19, John 6:56, John 10:30, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 11:7, Psalms 90:1, Psalms 91:1, Isaiah 57:15, Romans 8:9-11, 1 John 2:24, 1 John 4:4, 1 John 4:15, 1 John 4:16, Revelation 3:20, Revelation 3:21, Revelation 7:15-17, Revelation 21:22, Revelation 22:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 47:11 - Rameses Exodus 29:45 - General Judges 13:23 - he have showed 2 Chronicles 19:11 - the Lord Psalms 5:4 - evil Psalms 68:1 - that hate Psalms 68:18 - that Psalms 69:36 - they Psalms 91:14 - set Psalms 119:2 - keep Psalms 145:18 - nigh unto Proverbs 7:1 - keep Proverbs 8:17 - I love Proverbs 14:10 - and Ezekiel 43:7 - where I Daniel 2:11 - whose Zechariah 2:8 - sent Zechariah 2:10 - and I Zechariah 8:3 - dwell Zechariah 13:7 - the man Luke 19:5 - for John 1:39 - Come John 5:18 - God was John 16:27 - the Father John 17:23 - I John 17:26 - that Romans 8:10 - if Christ 1 Corinthians 16:22 - love 2 Corinthians 13:5 - Jesus Christ Ephesians 3:17 - Christ Ephesians 4:6 - and in Philippians 2:11 - to the Colossians 1:27 - Christ Colossians 3:11 - and 1 John 2:5 - whoso 1 John 5:20 - and we Revelation 21:3 - Behold

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Jesus answered and said unto him,.... This answer is returned, and these words are spoken, for the further confirmation and explanation of what was before said:

if a man love me, he will keep my words; by his "words" are meant not his doctrines, but his ordinances; the same with his commandments, John 14:21, which he has said, ordered, and commanded to be observed, and which are observed by such who truly love him, and that from a principle of love to him, and with a view to his glory: and for the encouragement of such persons as before, he says,

and my Father will love him: which is to be understood not of the love of the Father, as in his own heart, which is not taken up in time, but was in him from all eternity; nor of the first discovery of it to his people, but of greater manifestations of it to them, and a quicker sense of it in their hearts, and also of some other effects of it, to be enjoyed by them in an higher manner; such as larger measures of grace, more communion with him here, and eternal honour and glory hereafter:

and we will come unto him: I who am now going away, and my Father to whom I am going, and the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, I have promised to pray for: hence a proof of a plurality of persons in the Godhead, of a trinity of persons, of there being neither more nor fewer than three; since neither more nor less can be collected from the context; and of their distinct personality, or it could not be said with any propriety, "we" each of us "will come unto him"; not locally and visibly, but spiritually, by affording our gracious and comfortable presence, the continuance of which is promised next:

and make our abode with him; which denotes habitation; for the saints are the dwelling places or temples of the living God, Father, Son, and Spirit; and the constancy and perpetuity of their residence in them, not as a wayfaring man, but always, though this may not be always discerned by believers; and is a wonderful instance of the grace and condescension of God to dwell on earth with sinful men; and a far greater one it is, than if the most mighty potentate on earth should take up his abode in a poor despicable cottage with the meanest of his subjects.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Will keep my words - See John 14:15.

We will come to him - We will come to him with the manifestation of pardon, peace of conscience, and joy in the Holy Spirit. It means that God will manifest himself to the soul as a Father and Friend; that Jesus will manifest himself as a Saviour; that is, that there will be shed abroad in the heart just views and proper feelings toward God and Christ. The Christian will rejoice in the perfections of God and of Christ, and will delight to contemplate the glories of a present Saviour. The condition of a sinner is represented as one who has gone astray from God, and from whom God has withdrawn, Psalms 58:3; Proverbs 28:10; Ezekiel 14:11. He is alienated from God, Ephesians 2:12; Isaiah 1:4; Ephesians 4:18; Colossians 1:21. Religion is represented as God returning to the soul, and manifesting himself as reconciled through Jesus Christ, 2 Corinthians 5:18; Colossians 1:21.

Make our abode - This is a figurative expression implying that God and Christ would manifest themselves in no temporary way, but that it would be the privilege of Christians to enjoy their presence continually. They would take up their residence in the heart as their dwelling-place, as a temple fit for their abode. See 1 Corinthians 3:16; “Ye are the temple of God;” 1 Corinthians 6:19; “Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost;” 2 Corinthians 6:16; “Ye are the temple of the living God.” This does not mean that there is any personal union between Christians and God - that there is any special indwelling of the essence of God in us for God is essentially present in all places in the same way; but it is a figurative mode of speaking, denoting that the Christian is under the influence of God; that he rejoices in his presence, and that he has the views, the feelings, the joys which God produces in a redeemed soul, and with which he is pleased.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 23. If a man — Not only my present disciples, but all those who shall believe on me through their word, or that of their successors:

Love me — Receive me as his Saviour, and get the love of God shed abroad in his heart by the Holy Ghost:

He will keep my words — Observe all my sayings, and have his affections and conduct regulated by my Spirit and doctrine:

My Father will love him — Call him his child; support, defend, and preserve him as such.

And we will come unto him — God the Father, through his Son, will continue to pour out his choicest blessings upon his head and upon his heart:

And make our abode with him. — Will make his heart our temple, where God, the Father, Son, and Spirit, shall rest, receive homage, and dwell to eternity. Thus will I manifest myself to the believing, loving, obedient disciple, and not to the world, who will not receive the Spirit of the truth.