John 14:21 (YLT)

Passage

he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'

Nearby Context

John 14:19 yet a little, and the world doth no more behold me, and ye behold me, because I live, and ye shall live;

John 14:20 in that day ye shall know that I <FI>am<Fi> in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you;

John 14:21 he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'

John 14:22 Judas saith to him, (not the Iscariot), `Sir, what hath come to pass, that to us thou are about to manifest thyself, and not to the world?'

John 14:23 Jesus answered and said to him, `If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "having", "commands", "keeping", "loving", "shall", "loved", and "father". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "having" and "commands", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "in that day ye shall know that..." into verse 22's "Judas saith to him not the Iscariot...", so "having" and "commands" 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 "having" and "commands" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.