14:15 “If you love me, you will obey 1 my commandments. 2
1 tn Or “will keep.”
2 sn Jesus’ statement If you love me, you will obey my commandments provides the transition between the promises of answered prayer which Jesus makes to his disciples in vv. 13-14 and the promise of the Holy Spirit which is introduced in v. 16. Obedience is the proof of genuine love.
3 tn Or “keeps.”
4 tn Grk “obeys them, that one is the one who loves me.”
5 tn Grk “And the one.” Here the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated to improve the English style.
6 tn Or “will disclose.”