The great joy of His life had been found in the consciousness of the Father's love and in the keeping of His commandments: this joy He desires that they may inherit, ταῦτα λελάληκα ὑμῖν ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ἡ ἐμὴ ἐν ὑμῖν μείνῃ, “my joy,” i.e., the joy I have enjoyed, the joy which I habitually feel in accomplishing the Father's will. This joy is not an incommunicable monopoly. καὶ ἡ χαρὰ ὑμῶν πληρωθῇ, “and your joy be full,” which it could not be until they, like Him, had the spring of full joy in the consciousness of His love, and perfect obedience to Him; standing in the same relation to Him as He to the Father.

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Old Testament