³ Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome.

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

¹⁵ “If you love me, obey^[a] my commandments.

¹⁰ When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

³ And we can be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments.

²¹ Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal myself to each of them.”

²² Judas (not Judas Iscariot, but the other disciple with that name) said to him, “Lord, why are you going to reveal yourself only to us and not to the world at large?”

²³ Jesus replied, “All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them. ²⁴ Anyone who doesn’t love me will not obey me. And remember, my words are not my own. What I am telling you is from the Father who sent me.

⁶ Love means doing what God has commanded us, and he has commanded us to love one another, just as you heard from the beginning.

⁹ Understand, therefore, that the Lord your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and lavishes his unfailing love on those who love him and obey his commands.

²² I love God’s law with all my heart.

¹⁴ You are my friends if you do what I command.