I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
Paul, writing to friends far away: every memory of them turns into thanks to God.
John 15:15
John 15:15
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
Jesus calls His disciples friends, not servants, and tells them what He has heard from the Father.
KJVJohn 15:15 in context
12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. 15Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. 16Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. 17These things I command you, that ye love one another. 18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
Written by Jesus’ close friend so that readers would believe and have life in His name.
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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
As iron sharpens iron, good friends make each other better.
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
The Preacher praises companionship: two are better than one, they lift each other up, and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Many couples see God as the third strand.
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Friendship asks something of you too, and some friends stay closer than family.