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John 14:21
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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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John 14:21
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John 14:21
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21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.(A) The one who loves me will be loved by my Father,(B) and I too will love them and show myself to them.”
John 14:15
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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
John 14:15
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John 14:15
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Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
15 “If you love me, keep my commands.(A)
1 John 5:3
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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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1 John 5:3
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1 John 5:3
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1 John 2:5
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1 John 2:5
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5 but whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has reached perfection. By this we know that we are in him:(A)
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1 John 2:5
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1 John 2:5
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5 But if anyone obeys his word,(A) love for God[a] is truly made complete in them.(B) This is how we know(C) we are in him:
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- 1 John 2:5 Or word, God’s love
2 John 6
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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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2 John 6
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2 John 6
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6 And this is love:(A) that we walk in obedience to his commands.(B) As you have heard from the beginning,(C) his command is that you walk in love.
John 15:9-10
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John 15:9-10
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9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.(A)
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John 15:9-10
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John 15:9-10
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9 “As the Father has loved me,(A) so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands,(B) you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
Deuteronomy 11:13
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Deuteronomy 11:13
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13 “If you will only heed his every commandment[a] that I am commanding you today—loving the Lord your God and serving him with all your heart and with all your soul(A)—
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- 11.13 Compare Gk: Heb my commandments
Deuteronomy 11:13
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Deuteronomy 11:13
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13 So if you faithfully obey(A) the commands I am giving you today—to love(B) the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul(C)—
John 16:27
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John 16:27
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27 for the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.[a](A)
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- 16.27 Other ancient authorities read the Father
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John 16:27
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27 No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me(A) and have believed that I came from God.(B)
1 John 3:18-24
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1 John 3:18-24
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18 Little children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.(A) 19 And by this we will know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts before him(B) 20 whenever our hearts condemn us, for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God, 22 and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.(C)
23 And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.(D) 24 All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit that he has given us.(E)
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1 John 3:18-24
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1 John 3:18-24
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18 Dear children,(A) let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.(B)
19 This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: 20 If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21 Dear friends,(C) if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God(D) 22 and receive from him anything we ask,(E) because we keep his commands(F) and do what pleases him.(G) 23 And this is his command: to believe(H) in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,(I) and to love one another as he commanded us.(J) 24 The one who keeps God’s commands(K) lives in him,(L) and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.(M)
Ezekiel 36:25-27
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Ezekiel 36:25-27
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25 I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.(A) 26 A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you, and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.(B) 27 I will put my spirit within you and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances.(C)
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Ezekiel 36:25-27
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Ezekiel 36:25-27
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25 I will sprinkle(A) clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse(B) you from all your impurities(C) and from all your idols.(D) 26 I will give you a new heart(E) and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone(F) and give you a heart of flesh.(G) 27 And I will put my Spirit(H) in you and move you to follow my decrees(I) and be careful to keep my laws.(J)
John 14:22-24
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John 14:22-24
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22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.(A) 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words, and the word that you hear is not mine but is from the Father who sent me.(B)
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John 14:22-24
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John 14:22-24
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22 Then Judas(A) (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”(B)
23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching.(C) My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.(D) 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.(E)
Luke 11:28
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Luke 11:28
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28 But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”(A)
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Luke 11:28
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Deuteronomy 10:12-13
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Deuteronomy 10:12-13
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The Essence of the Law
12 “So now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? Only to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,(A) 13 and to keep the commandments of the Lord and his decrees that I am commanding you today, for your own well-being.
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Deuteronomy 10:12-13
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Deuteronomy 10:12-13
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Fear the Lord
12 And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you(A) but to fear(B) the Lord your God, to walk(C) in obedience to him, to love him,(D) to serve the Lord(E) your God with all your heart(F) and with all your soul,(G) 13 and to observe the Lord’s commands(H) and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?(I)
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