⁹ Know therefore that the Lord your God is God;^(A) he is the faithful God,^(B) keeping his covenant of love^(C) to a thousand generations^(D) of those who love him and keep his commandments.^(E)

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.

²² If anyone does not love the Lord,^(A) let that person be cursed!^(B) Come, Lord^[a]!^(C)

True and False Disciples

²¹ “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’^(A) will enter the kingdom of heaven,^(B) but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.^(C)