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NASB | John 14:21 "He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 14:21 "The person who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who [really] loves Me; and whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him [I will make Myself real to him]." |
Bible Question:
'whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by My Father' Can anyone expound to this part of the verse? Whenever I read it, I think 'OK. I have to keep Jesus' commands, then the Father will love me'. I can't reconciled this passage with John 3:16. 'For God so loved the world...'. And I John 4:10. 'Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins' thanks in advance to those who respond... |
Bible Answer: Dear Meridith, The following is a passage from John Calvin's commentary on John's Gospel. And he that loveth me will be loved by my Father. "Christ speaks as if men loved God before he loved them; which is absurd, for, when we were enemies, he reconciled us to him, (Romans 5:10;) and the words of John are well known, Not that we first loved him, but he first loved us,(1 John 4:10.) "But there is no debate here about cause or effect; and therefore there is no ground for the inference, that the love with which we love Christ comes in order before the love which God has toward us; for Christ meant only, that all who love him will be happy, because they will also be loved by him and by the Father; not that God then begins to love them, but because they have a testimony of his love to them, as a Father, engraven on their hearts." I hope this helps explain this verse. John |