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10 When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

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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.

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Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

15 “If you love me, obey[a] my commandments.

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Footnotes

  1. 14:15 Other manuscripts read you will obey; still others read you should obey.

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

15 “If you love me, keep my commands.(A)

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Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome.

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In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands.(A) And his commands are not burdensome,(B)

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But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him.

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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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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:5 Or word, God’s love

21 Dear friends, if we don’t feel guilty, we can come to God with bold confidence. 22 And we will receive from him whatever we ask because we obey him and do the things that please him.

23 And this is his commandment: We must believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us. 24 Those who obey God’s commandments remain in fellowship with him, and he with them. And we know he lives in us because the Spirit he gave us lives in us.

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21 Dear friends,(A) if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God(B) 22 and receive from him anything we ask,(C) because we keep his commands(D) and do what pleases him.(E) 23 And this is his command: to believe(F) in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,(G) and to love one another as he commanded us.(H) 24 The one who keeps God’s commands(I) lives in him,(J) and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.(K)

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My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous. He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins—and not only our sins but the sins of all the world.

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My dear children,(A) I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate(B) with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,(C) and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.(D)

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21 It would be better if they had never known the way to righteousness than to know it and then reject the command they were given to live a holy life.

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21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.(A)

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Live to Please God

Finally, dear brothers and sisters,[a] we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You live this way already, and we encourage you to do so even more.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:1 Greek brothers; also in 4:10, 13.

Living to Please God

As for other matters, brothers and sisters,(A) we instructed you how to live(B) in order to please God,(C) as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more.

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29 And the one who sent me is with me—he has not deserted me. For I always do what pleases him.”

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29 The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone,(A) for I always do what pleases him.”(B)

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34 Then Jesus explained: “My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work.

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34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will(A) of him who sent me and to finish his work.(B)

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14 Blessed are those who wash their robes. They will be permitted to enter through the gates of the city and eat the fruit from the tree of life.

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14 “Blessed are those who wash their robes,(A) that they may have the right to the tree of life(B) and may go through the gates(C) into the city.(D)

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I brought glory to you here on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.

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I have brought you glory(A) on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.(B)

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31 but I will do what the Father requires of me, so that the world will know that I love the Father. Come, let’s be going.

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31 but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me.(A)

“Come now; let us leave.

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