KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
John 13:15–16
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John 13:15
15For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
15For I haue giuen you an example, that yee should doe, as I haue done to you.
John 13:16
16Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
16*Uerily, verily I say vnto you, the seruant is not greater then his lord, neither he that is sent, greater then hee that sent him.
- Matth. 10.24. chap. 15.20.
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DEFINED WORDS
John 13:15
Bestowed, granted, delivered, or appointed.
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A pattern or model set before others for imitation.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Performed; executed; finished; a word by which agreement to a proposal is expressed.
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John 13:16
Truly; certainly; in truth or fact.
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To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
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One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Caused to go or be carried; dispatched.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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From verse 15
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Open the full verse study6He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
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Open the full verse study29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
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Open the full verse study21For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
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Open the full verse study17For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
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Open the full verse study2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
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Open the full verse study5Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
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Open the full verse study20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
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Open the full verse study40The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
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Open the full verse study24The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
25It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
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Open the full verse study5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
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Open the full verse study3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
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