Passage
Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
John 14:23 (WEB)
Nearby Context
John 14:21 One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”
John 14:22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, what has happened that you are about to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?”
John 14:23 Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
John 14:24 He who doesn’t love me doesn’t keep my words. The word which you hear isn’t mine, but the Father’s who sent me.
John 14:25 I have said these things to you, while still living with you.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "jesus", "answered", "loves", "keep", "word", "father", and "come". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jesus" and "answered", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 22's "Judas not Iscariot said to him Lord..." into verse 24's "He who doesn t love me doesn...", so "jesus" and "answered" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jesus" and "answered" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.