Joh 15:15 | RWP | e4.org | No longer ( ουκετ ). As he had done in . He was their Rabbi ( ; ) and Lord ( ). Paul gloried in calling himself Christ's δουλος (bond-slave). Servants ( δουλους ). Bond-servants, slaves. I have called you friends ( υμας ειρηκα φιλους ). Perfect active indicative, permanent state of new dignity. They will prove worthy of it by continued obedience to Christ as Lord, by being good δουλο . Abraham was called the Friend of God ( ). Are we friends of Christ?

‏ John 15:15

No longer ( ουκετ ). As he had done in 13:16. He was their Rabbi (1:38; 13:13) and Lord (13:13). Paul gloried in calling himself Christ's δουλος (bond-slave).

Servants ( δουλους ). Bond-servants, slaves.

I have called you friends ( υμας ειρηκα φιλους ). Perfect active indicative, permanent state of new dignity. They will prove worthy of it by continued obedience to Christ as Lord, by being good δουλο. Abraham was called the Friend of God (Jas 2:23). Are we friends of Christ?