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11 I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.(A)

12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.(B) 13 No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.(C) 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you.(D) 15 I do not call you servants[a] any longer, because the servant[b] does not know what the master is doing, but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name.(E) 17 I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.

The World’s Hatred

18 “If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you.(F) 19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘Slaves are not greater than their master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.(G)

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  1. 15.15 Gk slaves
  2. 15.15 Gk slave