The Test of Knowing Him

³ Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.

Jesus Promises Another Helper

^15 (A)“If you love Me, ^[a]keep My commandments.

^10 (A)If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

^3 (A)For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And ^(B)His commandments are not burdensome.

Build on the Rock^(A)

^46 (B)“But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?

^14 (A)You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.

^13 (A)By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.

²² And ^(A)whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments ^(B)and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. ²³ And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ ^(C)and love one another, as He gave ^[a]us commandment.

The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error

²⁴ Now ^(D)he who keeps His commandments ^(E)abides in Him, and He in him. And ^(F)by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.

⁴ He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a ^(A)liar, and the truth is not in him. ⁵ But ^(B)whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God ^[a]is perfected ^(C)in him. By this we know that we are in Him. ^6 (D)He who says he abides in Him ^(E)ought himself also to walk just as He walked.