Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers

³ We know^(A) that we have come to know him^(B) if we keep his commands.^(C)

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

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

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.

³ In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands.^(A) And his commands are not burdensome,^(B)

The Wise and Foolish Builders^(A)

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

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

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

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)

⁴ 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) 5} 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: ⁶ Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.^(F)