John 14:21
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.
הערת לימוד
Study Note
The Johannine connection between love and obedience — 'whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me' — grounds love not in feeling but in sustained disposition expressed in obedience. This bidirectional relationship (love expressed as obedience; obedience demonstrating love) reflects the Deuteronomic covenant theology in which love for God and keeping his commands are inseparable (Deuteronomy 6:5-6; 7:9). The promised reward — the Father loving the one who loves the Son, the Son manifesting himself to that person — makes increasing self-disclosure the experiential consequence of obedient love. 1 John 2:3-5 develops the same principle: 'by this we know we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.'
תרגומים נוספים
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 unto him.
he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'
He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him.
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