John 15:15

New English Translation

I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father.

Cross References

Psalm 25:14

The Lord’s loyal followers receive his guidance, and he reveals his covenantal demands to them.

Proverbs 18:24

A person who has friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Amos 3:7

Certainly the sovereign Lord does nothing without first revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.

Matthew 13:11

He replied, “You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.

Luke 10:23

Then Jesus turned to his disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!

John 12:26

If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

John 13:16

I tell you the solemn truth, the slave is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent as a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

John 15:20

Remember what I told you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too.

John 16:12

“I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

John 17:26

I made known your name to them, and I will continue to make it known, so that the love you have loved me with may be in them, and I may be in them.”

John 20:17

Jesus replied, “Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

John 4:19

The woman said to him, “Sir, I see that you are a prophet.

John 8:26

I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world.”

Acts 20:27

For I did not hold back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God.

Romans 7:15

For I don’t understand what I am doing. For I do not do what I want – instead, I do what I hate.

1 Corinthians 2:16

For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to advise him? But we have the mind of Christ.

Galatians 4:6

And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls “Abba! Father!”

Ephesians 1:9

He did this when he revealed to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,

Ephesians 3:5

Now this secret was not disclosed to people in former generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit,

Colossians 1:26

that is, the mystery that has been kept hidden from ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints.

Philemon 1:16

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a dear brother. He is especially so to me, and even more so to you now, both humanly speaking and in the Lord.

James 1:1

From James, a slave of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes dispersed abroad. Greetings!

James 2:23

And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend.

1 Peter 1:11

They probed into what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ and his subsequent glory.

2 Peter 1:1

From Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, have been granted a faith just as precious as ours.

Jude 1:1

From Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are called, wrapped in the love of God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.

Revelation 1:1

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must happen very soon. He made it clear by sending his angel to his servant John,