⁶ And ^(A)this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just ^(B)as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.

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

²⁴ Let ^(A)what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then ^(B)you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.

⁵ but whoever ^(A)keeps his word, in him truly ^(B)the love of God is perfected. ^(C)By this we may know that we are in him:

^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.

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

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

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

¹³ For you were called to freedom, brothers. ^(A)Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love ^(B)serve one another. ¹⁴ For ^(C)the whole law is fulfilled in one word: ^(D)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Fulfilling the Law Through Love

^8 (A)Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for ^(B)the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. ⁹ For the commandments, ^(C)“You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: ^(D)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”