⁶ but showing steadfast love to thousands^[a] of those who love me and keep my commandments.

⁹ Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, ^(A)the faithful God ^(B)who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

^39 (A)I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, ^(B)for their own good and the good of their children after them. ^40 (C)I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. ^(D)And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.

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

³⁹ For ^(A)the promise is for you and ^(B)for your children and for all ^(C)who are far off, everyone ^(D)whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

^29 (A)Oh that they had such a heart as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, ^(B)that it might go well with them and with their descendants^[a] forever!

^21 (A)Whoever has my commandments and ^(B)keeps them, he it is who loves me. And ^(C)he who loves me ^(D)will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and ^(E)manifest myself to him.”

²⁸ As regards the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But as regards election, they are ^(A)beloved for the sake of their forefathers. ²⁹ For the gifts and ^(B)the calling of God are irrevocable.

³⁷ And because ^(A)he loved your fathers and chose their offspring after them^[a] and brought you out of Egypt ^(B)with his own presence, by his great power,