⁶ For he ^(A)held fast to the Lord; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the Lord had commanded Moses.

⁸ but you shall ^(A)hold fast to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day.

^20 (A)You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve Him, and to Him you shall hold fast, and take oaths in His name.

Jesus Promises Another Helper

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

²³ When he came and had seen the grace of God, he was glad, and ^(A)encouraged them all that with purpose of heart they should continue with the Lord.

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

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

¹³ Yet the Lord testified against Israel and against Judah, by all of His ^(A)prophets, ^(B)every seer, saying, ^(C)“Turn from your evil ways, and keep My commandments and My statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by My servants the prophets.”

^21 (A)He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and ^[a]manifest Myself to him.”

⁴ which I commanded your fathers in the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, ^(A)from the iron furnace, saying, ^(B)‘Obey My voice, and do according to all that I command you; so shall you be My people, and I will be your God,’