Exodus 20:6
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6 but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation[a] of those who love me and keep my commandments.(A)
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- 20.6 Or to thousands
Deuteronomy 7:9
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9 Know, therefore, that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who maintains covenant loyalty with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,(A)
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1 John 5:3
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3 For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome,(A)
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Acts 2:39
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39 For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.”(A)
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Jeremiah 32:39-40
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39 I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for all time, for their own good and the good of their children after them.(A) 40 I will make an everlasting covenant with them, never to draw back from doing good to them, and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they may not turn from me.
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John 14:21
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21 They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me, and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.”(A)
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Deuteronomy 5:29
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29 If only they had such a mind as this, to fear me and to keep all my commandments always, so that it might go well with them and with their children forever!(A)
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Romans 11:28-29
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28 As regards the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but as regards election they are beloved for the sake of their ancestors, 29 for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
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Deuteronomy 4:37
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37 And because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants after them. He brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power,(A)
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John 14:15
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The Promise of the Holy Spirit
15 “If you love me, you will keep[a] my commandments.(A)
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- 14.15 Other ancient authorities read me, keep
1 John 4:19
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19 We love[a] because he first loved us.
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- 4.19 Other ancient authorities add him or God
2 John 6
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6 And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment just as you have heard it from the beginning—you must walk in it.(A)
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