¹⁶ You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you^(A) so that you might go and bear fruit^(B)—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.^(C)

⁹ “As the Father has loved me,^(A) so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.

¹⁰ If you keep my commands,^(A) you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.

¹⁷ This is my command: Love each other.^(A)