“These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.
Parallel translations
- WEB I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.
- KJV These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
- BSB I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.
- NASB These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.
- NLT I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!
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Quick answer
Jesus speaks these things so that His joy may be in the disciples and their joy made complete. Abiding in Christ produces full, lasting joy.
Overview
The purpose of Jesus' teaching on abiding and love is joy: His own joy taking root in His followers and their joy being brought to fullness. This shows that the call to obedience and abiding is not burdensome but the way to deep, enduring gladness. Christian joy is grounded in union with Christ rather than in changing circumstances.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 21
- Rom 15:13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
- John 17:13But now I come to you, and I say these things in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.
- John 16:24Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.
- 1 Pet 1:8whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory —
- 1 Jn 1:4And we write these things to you, that our joy may be fulfilled.
- John 16:33I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
- 2 Jn 1:12Having many things to write to you, I don’t want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come to you, and to speak face to face, that our joy may be made full.
- 1 Th 5:16Rejoice always.
- 2 Cor 1:24Not that we control your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.
- Luke 15:32But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’”
- Luke 15:9When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.’
- Eph 5:18Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
- Luke 15:5When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
- John 3:29He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. This, my joy, therefore is made full.
- Phil 1:25Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith,
- Isa 53:11After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities.
- Luke 15:23Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate;
- Jer 32:41Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.”
- Isa 62:4You will not be called Forsaken any more; nor will your land be called Desolate any more: but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for Yahweh delights in you, and your land will be married.
- Jer 33:9This city shall be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and for a glory, before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do to them, and shall fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I procure to it.’”
- Zeph 3:17Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.
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