Juan 15:9

Filipino Cebuano Bible

9 Sama sa paghigugma kanako sa Amahan, ako sa ingon nahigugma kaninyo; pabilin kamo diha sa akong gugma.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Father: John 15:13, John 17:23, John 17:26, Ephesians 3:18, Revelation 1:5

continue: John 15:11, 1 John 2:28, Jude 1:20

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 2:4 - That the Lord 1 Kings 13:9 - For Psalms 36:10 - continue Psalms 37:28 - forsaketh Psalms 119:167 - soul Song of Solomon 2:4 - his banner Daniel 10:19 - O man Matthew 17:5 - in whom Luke 6:47 - doeth John 3:35 - Father John 10:17 - General John 11:5 - loved John 13:1 - having John 14:21 - that loveth John 14:31 - that the Acts 14:22 - exhorting Galatians 4:29 - after the Spirit Colossians 1:23 - ye continue 2 Thessalonians 2:16 - which James 1:25 - and 1 John 2:24 - ye also 1 John 5:18 - keepeth

Gill's Notes on the Bible

As the Father hath loved me,.... As his own Son, and as Mediator, from everlasting; and in time, in his state of humiliation, throughout the course of his obedience, and under all his sufferings; which he testified more than once by a voice from heaven; which he showed by concealing nothing from him as Mediator, by giving all things into his hands, by showing him all that he himself did, by appointing him the Saviour of the body, and making him the head of the church, by exalting him at his right hand, and ordaining him to be judge of quick and dead.

So have I loved you: Christ loves his as his spouse and bride, as his dear children, as members of his body, as branches in him the vine, as believers in him, and followers of him; which he has shown by espousing both their persons and cause, by assuming their nature, by suffering and dying in their room and stead, and making all suitable provision for them, both for time and eternity. And there is a likeness between the Father's love to him, and his love to his disciples and followers: as his Father loved him from everlasting, so did he love them; as his Father loved him with a love of complacency and delight, so did he, and so does he love them; and as his Father loved him with a special and peculiar affection, with an unchangeable, invariable, constant love, which will last for ever, in like manner does Christ love his people; and with this he enforces the following exhortation.

Continue ye in my love: meaning either in his love to them, which, as he always continues in it without any variableness or shadow of turning, so he would have them continue in believing their interest in it, prizing and valuing it, in imitating and remembering it; or else in their love to him, to his person, to his people, to his Gospel, to his ordinances, ways, and worship, which he knew was liable to wax cold, though it could not be lost.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 - Not to the same degree, for this was impossible, but with the same kind of love - deep, tender. unchanging; love prompting to self-denials, toils, and sacrifices to secure their welfare.

Continue ye - The reason which he gives for their doing this is the strength of the love which he had shown for them. His love was so great for them that he was about to lay down his life. This constitutes a strong reason why we should continue in his love:

1. Because the love which he shows for us is unchanging.
2. It is the love of our best friend - love whose strength was expressed by toils, and groans, and blood.
3. As he is unchanging in the character and strength of his affection, so should we be. Thus only can we properly express our gratitude; thus only show that we are his true friends.
4. Our happiness here and forever depends altogether on our continuing in the love of Christ. We have no source of permanent joy but in that love.

In my love - In love to me. Thus it is expressed in the Greek in the next verse. The connection also demands that we understand it of our love to him, and not of his love to us. The latter cannot be the subject of a command; the former may. See also Luk 11:42; 1 John 2:5; Jude 1:21.