John 15:14

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

I do not call you slaves anymore, for a slave does not know what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have told you everything that I heard from my Father.

Cross References

Luke 12:4

And I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who can kill your body and after that can do nothing more.

John 13:17

If you know these things, you will be happy if you practice them.

John 14:15

If you love me, you will obey my commandments.

John 14:21

The person who knows [what] my commandments [are] and obeys them is the one who [truly] loves me. And the person who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him.”

John 14:28

You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away and I am returning to you.’ If you [really] loved me, you would have been happy that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.

John 2:5

His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you to do.”

James 2:23

So, the Scripture was fulfilled, which says [Gen. 15:6], “Abraham believed God and [so] God considered him righteous,” and he was called God’s friend.

1 John 5:3

For this is [real evidence of] our love for God: [It is] obeying what He commands us to do. And obeying His commands does not cause us any grief [or, unpleasantness].