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Hymns Based on John 15:14

Christian hymns and worship songs connected to John 15:14

"You are my friends if you do whatever I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you."

— John 15:14

Theological Significance

This verse has inspired Christian hymns that explore themes of Friendship with Christ, Jesus Christ, Comfort, Praise, Salvation. Many worship songs connected to John 15:14 proclaim these timeless biblical truths and invite believers to reflect on and celebrate the message of this scripture.

Sermon Themes from This Passage

  • Friendship with Christ
  • Jesus Christ
  • Comfort
  • Praise
  • Salvation

Suggested Hymns for Worship

Opening Hymn Jesus Is All the World to Me
Response Hymn I've Found a Friend, O Such a Friend
Reflection Hymn Christ Is Risen
Closing Hymn O Jesus, My King and My Sovereign

Example Worship Flow

  1. 1
    Call to Worship Psalm 100
  2. 2
  3. 3
    Scripture Reading John 15:14
  4. 4
    Sermon Friendship with Christ
  5. 5
  6. 6
    Reflection Hymn Christ Is Risen
  7. 7

Hymns Inspired by This Passage

Christ Is Risen

Christ Is Risen is Brian Wren’s 1984 Easter hymn, more fully known by its opening phrase “Christ is risen! Shout hosanna!” The text proclaims the resurrection as an event that changes the whole creation, not merely as a private source of comfort.

I Would Love to Tell You What I Think of Jesus

I Would Love to Tell You What I Think of Jesus, more commonly indexed as No One Ever Cared for Me Like Jesus, is Charles Frederick Weigle's 1932 gospel song of testimony, salvation, and assurance.

I've Found a Friend, O Such a Friend

I've Found a Friend, O Such a Friend is a hymn of Christian assurance built around a striking claim: the believer discovers in Jesus not an abstract religious ideal but a Savior whose friendship is defined by prior love, self-giving sacrifice, faithful guidance, and enduring protection.

Jesus Is the Joy of Living

Jesus Is the Joy of Living is a twentieth-century gospel song in which Christian joy is centered on Jesus Christ rather than on favorable circumstances.

Jesus Our Friend and Brother

“Jesus Our Friend and Brother” is the English-language form of the Cheyenne Christian song “Esenehane Jesus,” attributed to Ova'hehe, or Mrs.

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