John 14:15

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Cross-references

John 14:21-24 expands on keeping Jesus' commandments as the evidence of love. Directly parallels the condition in 14:15.

John 14:23 Parallel

John 14:23 restates the principle: loving Jesus leads to obeying his teaching, with added promise of divine indwelling.

John 14:24 Contrast

John 14:24 presents the negative: failure to love results in disobedience, contrasting the positive condition in 14:15.

In John 15:10-14, Jesus directly expands: keeping commandments is abiding in His love, and disciples are friends if they obey.

John 15:14 Parallel

John 15:14 makes obedience the condition for friendship with Jesus, paralleling the love-obedience link in 14:15.

In John 21:15-17, Jesus asks Peter 'Do you love me?' and commands feeding His sheep — love expressed through obedient care.

John 12:26 Parallel

John 12:26 links service and following Jesus to honor from the Father, complementing the idea that love is shown through obedient action.

1 John 5:2 Parallel

1 John 5:2 directly ties loving God to carrying out His commands — a clear echo of Jesus' own words.

1 John 4:20 Parallel

1 John 4:20 warns that love for God must include love for others — a key command that love obeys.

1 John 2:3-5 explicitly links keeping commands to knowing God — a direct expansion of Jesus' love-obedience connection.

1 Peter 1:8 Parallel

1 Peter 1:8 describes loving Christ without seeing — the love that, in Jesus' teaching, leads to keeping His commands.

Ephesians 6:24 blesses those who love Christ with undying love — directly echoing the love that leads to obedience here.

2 John 1:6 Parallel

2 John 1:6 directly equates love with walking in obedience to commands — an explicit restatement of the principle here.

Exodus 20:6 Parallel

Exodus 20:6 ties loving God directly to keeping His commandments, exactly the same connection Jesus makes here — love and obedience are inseparable.

Luke 6:47 Parallel

Luke 6:47 emphasizes hearing and doing Jesus' words, directly paralleling the obedience-as-love theme in John 14:15.

Matthew 7:24 illustrates that doing Jesus' words is like building on rock, paralleling the active obedience required of those who love him.

1 Kings 3:3 Parallel

1 Kings 3:3 describes Solomon loving God and walking in His statutes — an example of the love-obedience link Jesus commands.

Joshua 22:5 Parallel

Joshua 22:5 explicitly commands both loving God and keeping His commandments — the same pairing Jesus makes in John 14:15.

Deuteronomy 26:16 calls for wholehearted obedience ('all your heart and soul'), which closely parallels Jesus' link between love and keeping commands.

Deuteronomy 5:10 repeats Exodus 20:6, directly linking love for God with keeping His commandments — a strong echo.

In 2 Corinthians 5:14, Christ's love compels us — providing the motive for loving obedience.

In Galatians 5:6, Paul says faith works through love — linking love and obedient action in the Christian life.

Luke 8:15 Parallel

Luke 8:15 describes hearing and retaining the word with perseverance, producing fruit — a similar call to active obedience from the heart.

In 1 Corinthians 16:22, Paul warns that loving the Lord is essential — reinforcing the connection between love and allegiance.

In 2 Corinthians 5:15, Christ died so we live for Him — aligning with living in obedience to His commands.

In 2 Corinthians 8:8, Paul tests love's genuineness through practical giving — paralleling love proven by obedience.

Matthew 10:37 Related theme

In Matthew 10:37, Jesus demands love for Him above family — a higher allegiance that underlies keeping His commands.

1 John 4:19 Parallel

1 John 4:19 grounds our love in God's prior love — the foundation for the love that obeys Christ's commands.