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John 14:21–23

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He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
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From verse 21

  1. John 14:15Rank 1 from verse 21
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    15¶ If ye love me, keep my commandments.

  2. 1 John 5:3Rank 2 from verse 21
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    3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

  3. 1 John 2:5Rank 3 from verse 21
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    5But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

  4. 2 John 1:6Rank 4 from verse 21
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    6And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

  5. John 15:9–10Rank 5 from verse 21
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    9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

    10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

  6. John 16:27Rank 6 from verse 21
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    27For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

  7. Deuteronomy 11:13Rank 7 from verse 21
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    13¶ And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

  8. Luke 11:28Rank 8 from verse 21
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    28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

  9. Ezekiel 36:25–27Rank 9 from verse 21
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    25¶ Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

    26A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

    27And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

  10. 1 John 3:18–24Rank 10 from verse 21
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    18My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

    19And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

    20For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

    21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

    22And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

    23And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

    24And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

  11. John 14:22–24Rank 11 from verse 21
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    22Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?

    23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

    24He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.

  12. Deuteronomy 10:12–13Rank 12 from verse 21
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    12¶ And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

    13To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?

  13. Deuteronomy 30:6–8Rank 13 from verse 21
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    6And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

    7And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.

    8And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.

  14. John 15:14Rank 14 from verse 21
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    14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

  15. Psalms 119:4–6Rank 15 from verse 21
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    4Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

    5O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

    6Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

  16. Revelation 3:20Rank 16 from verse 21
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    20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

  17. 1 John 1:1–3Rank 17 from verse 21
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    1THAT which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

    2(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

    3That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

  18. John 17:23Rank 18 from verse 21
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    23I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

  19. 2 Corinthians 4:6Rank 19 from verse 21
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    6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  20. James 2:23–24Rank 20 from verse 21
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    23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

    24Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

  21. Revelation 22:14Rank 21 from verse 21
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    14Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

  22. 2 Corinthians 5:14–15Rank 22 from verse 21
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    14For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

    15And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

  23. Revelation 2:17Rank 23 from verse 21
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    17He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

  24. Isaiah 62:2–5Rank 24 from verse 21
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    2And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.

    3Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

    4Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

    5¶ For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

  25. Psalms 35:27Rank 25 from verse 21
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    27Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

  26. 1 John 3:1Rank 26 from verse 21
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    1BEHOLD, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

  27. Zephaniah 3:17Rank 27 from verse 21
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    17The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

  28. 2 Corinthians 3:18Rank 28 from verse 21
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    18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

  29. 2 Thessalonians 2:16Rank 29 from verse 21
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    16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

  30. Genesis 26:3–5Rank 30 from verse 21
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    3Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

    4And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

    5Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

  31. Jeremiah 31:31Rank 31 from verse 21
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    31¶ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

  32. Jeremiah 31:33–34Rank 32 from verse 21
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    33But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

    34And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

  33. 2 Timothy 4:17–18Rank 33 from verse 21
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    17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

    18And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

  34. Acts 18:9–11Rank 34 from verse 21
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    9Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:

    10For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.

    11And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

  35. John 14:18Rank 35 from verse 21
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    18I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

  36. John 16:14Rank 36 from verse 21
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    14He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

  37. 2 Timothy 4:22Rank 37 from verse 21
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    22The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.

  38. Acts 22:18Rank 38 from verse 21
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    18And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

  39. 2 Corinthians 12:8Rank 39 from verse 21
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    8For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

From verse 22

  1. Acts 1:13Rank 1 from verse 22
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    13And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphæus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

  2. Luke 6:16Rank 2 from verse 22
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    16And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.

  3. Acts 10:40–41Rank 3 from verse 22
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    40Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;

    41Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.

  4. Matthew 10:3Rank 4 from verse 22
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    3Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphæus, and Lebbæus, whose surname was Thaddæus;

  5. John 3:4Rank 5 from verse 22
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    4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

  6. John 3:9Rank 6 from verse 22
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    9Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

  7. John 6:60Rank 7 from verse 22
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    60Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?

  8. Jude 1:1Rank 8 from verse 22
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    1JUDE, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:

  9. Mark 3:18Rank 9 from verse 22
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    18And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphæus, and Thaddæus, and Simon the Canaanite,

  10. John 16:17–18Rank 10 from verse 22
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    17Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?

    18They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.

  11. John 4:11Rank 11 from verse 22
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    11The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?

  12. John 6:52Rank 12 from verse 22
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    52The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

From verse 23

  1. John 14:21Rank 1 from verse 23
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    21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

  2. John 14:15Rank 2 from verse 23
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    15¶ If ye love me, keep my commandments.

  3. Revelation 3:20–21Rank 3 from verse 23
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    20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

    21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

  4. 1 John 4:15–16Rank 4 from verse 23
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    15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

    16And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

  5. 1 John 2:24Rank 5 from verse 23
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    24Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

  6. 1 John 4:4Rank 6 from verse 23
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    4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

  7. 2 Corinthians 6:16Rank 7 from verse 23
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    16And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  8. John 10:30Rank 8 from verse 23
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    30I and my Father are one.

  9. Isaiah 57:15Rank 9 from verse 23
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    15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

  10. Psalms 91:1Rank 10 from verse 23
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    1HE that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

  11. John 5:17–19Rank 11 from verse 23
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    17¶ But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

    18Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

    19Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

  12. John 6:56Rank 12 from verse 23
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    56He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

  13. Romans 8:9–11Rank 13 from verse 23
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    9But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

    10And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

    11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

  14. John 14:17Rank 14 from verse 23
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    17Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

  15. Revelation 7:15–17Rank 15 from verse 23
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    15Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.

    16They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

    17For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

  16. Revelation 21:22Rank 16 from verse 23
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    22And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

  17. Genesis 1:26Rank 17 from verse 23
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    26¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

  18. Genesis 11:7Rank 18 from verse 23
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    7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.

  19. Psalms 90:1Rank 19 from verse 23
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    1LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

  20. Revelation 22:3Rank 20 from verse 23
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    3And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

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John 14:21

COMBINED MEANING

commandments

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Commands, orders, or prescribed requirements issued by one who commands.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

loved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of love, meaning to regard with affection or devotion.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

love

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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

manifest

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1. Plain, evident, open, visible, revealed, or clearly shown. 2. To make known, reveal, or show plainly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

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John 14:22

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Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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wilt

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Sense 1: Second-person singular present form of will: choosest, intendest, or art disposed to. Sense 2: As an auxiliary, marks future action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

manifest

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1. Plain, evident, open, visible, revealed, or clearly shown. 2. To make known, reveal, or show plainly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

John 14:23

COMBINED MEANING

answered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

love

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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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keep

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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.

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COMBINED MEANING

words

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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

abode

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1. Remained, stayed, continued, or dwelt. 2. A dwelling place or state of residence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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14:15¶ If ye love me, keep my commandments.

14:16And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

14:17Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

14:18I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

14:19Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

14:20At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

14:21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

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14:22Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?

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14:23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

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14:24He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.

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