And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we (A)keep his commandments.

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Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers

We know(A) that we have come to know him(B) if we keep his commands.(C)

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Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

15 (A)“If you love me, you will (B)keep my commandments.

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Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

15 “If you love me, keep my commands.(A)

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10 (A)If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as (B)I have kept (C)my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

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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.

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For (A)this is the love of God, that we (B)keep his commandments. And (C)his commandments are not burdensome.

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In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands.(A) And his commands are not burdensome,(B)

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Build Your House on the Rock

46 (A)“Why (B)do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?

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The Wise and Foolish Builders(A)

46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’(B) and do not do what I say?(C)

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14 You are (A)my friends (B)if you do what I command you.

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14 You are my friends(A) if you do what I command.(B)

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13 (A)By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

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13 This is how we know(A) that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.(B)

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22 and (A)whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and (B)do what pleases him. 23 And this is his commandment, (C)that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and (D)love one another, (E)just as he has commanded us. 24 (F)Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God,[a] and God[b] in him. And (G)by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:24 Greek him
  2. 1 John 3:24 Greek he

22 and receive from him anything we ask,(A) because we keep his commands(B) and do what pleases him.(C) 23 And this is his command: to believe(D) in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,(E) and to love one another as he commanded us.(F) 24 The one who keeps God’s commands(G) lives in him,(H) and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.(I)

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Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments (A)is a liar, and (B)the truth is not in him, but whoever (C)keeps his word, in him truly (D)the love of God is perfected. (E)By this we may know that we are in him: whoever says he (F)abides in him (G)ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

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Whoever says, “I know him,”(A) but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.(B) But if anyone obeys his word,(C) love for God[a] is truly made complete in them.(D) This is how we know(E) we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.(F)

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  1. 1 John 2:5 Or word, God’s love

21 (A)Whoever has my commandments and (B)keeps them, he it is who loves me. And (C)he who loves me (D)will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and (E)manifest myself to him.” 22 (F)Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it (G)that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered him, (H)“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and (I)we will come to him and (J)make our home with him. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And (K)the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.

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21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.(A) The one who loves me will be loved by my Father,(B) and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

22 Then Judas(C) (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”(D)

23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching.(E) My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.(F) 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.(G)

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32 I will run in the way of your commandments
    when you (A)enlarge my heart![a]

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  1. Psalm 119:32 Or for you set my heart free

32 I run in the path of your commands,
    for you have broadened my understanding.

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And (A)being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

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and, once made perfect,(A) he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him

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19 By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him;

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19 This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence:

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