Bible Strands
John 14:23
Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus answers Judas (not Iscariot) in the upper room, responding to his question about why He reveals Himself to the disciples and not to the world.
The thread — The love–obedience–indwelling chain recurs in John 14:15 and 14:21; the "come in" motif echoes Revelation 3:20.
Why it lands — The verse makes the Father's love and the indwelling of the Father and Son contingent on keeping Jesus' word, not on emotional affection. It asks the reader to test their claim of love against the concrete standard of obedience.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- John 14:21 Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
- John 14:15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
- Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.
- 1 John 4:15 If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
- 1 John 2:24 As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.
- 1 John 4:4 You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
- 2 Corinthians 6:16 What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
- John 10:30 I and the Father are one.”
- Psalms 91:1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Isaiah 57:15 For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.