John 14:15
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Jesus Promises Another Helper
15 (A)“If you love Me, [a]keep My commandments.
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- John 14:15 NU you will keep
1 John 2:3-5
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The Test of Knowing Him
3 Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a (A)liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But (B)whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God [a]is perfected (C)in him. By this we know that we are in Him.
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- 1 John 2:5 has been completed
1 John 5:2-3
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2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and (A)keep His commandments. 3 (B)For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And (C)His commandments are not burdensome.
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John 14:21-24
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21 (A)He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and [a]manifest Myself to him.”
22 (B)Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?”
23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, (C)and We will come to him and make Our home with him. 24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and (D)the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me.
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- John 14:21 reveal
2 John 6
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6 (A)This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that (B)as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.
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1 John 4:19-20
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19 (A)We love [a]Him because He first loved us.
Obedience by Faith
20 (B)If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, [b]how can he love God (C)whom he has not seen?
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- 1 John 4:19 NU omits Him
- 1 John 4:20 NU he cannot
John 15:10-14
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10 (A)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.
11 “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and (B)that your joy may be full. 12 (C)This is My (D)commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 (E)Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. 14 (F)You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.
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2 Corinthians 5:14-15
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14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that (A)if One died for all, then all died; 15 and He died for all, (B)that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
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1 Peter 1:8
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8 (A)whom having not [a]seen you love. (B)Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,
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- 1 Peter 1:8 M known
Galatians 5:6
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6 For (A)in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but (B)faith working through love.
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Matthew 10:37
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37 (A)He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
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Matthew 25:34-40
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34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, (A)inherit the kingdom (B)prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 (C)for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; (D)I was a stranger and you took Me in; 36 I was (E)naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; (F)I was in prison and you came to Me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? 39 Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ 40 And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, (G)inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
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2 Corinthians 8:8-9
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Christ Our Pattern
8 (A)I speak not by commandment, but I am testing the sincerity of your love by the diligence of others. 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, (B)that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become (C)rich.
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John 8:42
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42 Jesus said to them, (A)“If God were your Father, you would love Me, for (B)I proceeded forth and came from God; (C)nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me.
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1 Corinthians 16:22
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22 If anyone (A)does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, (B)let him be [a]accursed. (C)O[b] Lord, come!
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- 1 Corinthians 16:22 Gr. anathema
- 1 Corinthians 16:22 Aram. Marana tha; possibly Maran atha, Our Lord has come
Ephesians 3:16-18
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16 that He would grant you, (A)according to the riches of His glory, (B)to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in (C)the inner man, 17 (D)that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, (E)being rooted and grounded in love, 18 (F)may be able to comprehend with all the saints (G)what is the width and length and depth and height—
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John 21:15-17
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Jesus Restores Peter
15 So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of [a]Jonah, do you love Me more than these?”
He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I [b]love You.”
He said to him, (A)“Feed My lambs.”
16 He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of [c]Jonah, do you love Me?”
He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I [d]love You.”
(B)He said to him, “Tend My (C)sheep.”
17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of [e]Jonah, do you [f]love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?”
And he said to Him, “Lord, (D)You know all things; You know that I love You.”
Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.
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- John 21:15 NU John
- John 21:15 have affection for
- John 21:16 NU John
- John 21:16 have affection for
- John 21:17 NU John
- John 21:17 have affection for
Ephesians 6:24
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24 Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.
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Philippians 3:7-11
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7 But (A)what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. 8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss (B)for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in Him, not having (C)my own righteousness, which is from the law, but (D)that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; 10 that I may know Him and the (E)power of His resurrection, and (F)the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, 11 if, by any means, I may (G)attain[a] to the resurrection from the dead.
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- Philippians 3:11 Lit. arrive at
Philippians 1:20-23
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20 according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but (A)with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life (B)or by death. 21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I [a]cannot tell. 23 [b]For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a (C)desire to depart and be with Christ, which is (D)far better.
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- Philippians 1:22 do not know
- Philippians 1:23 NU, M But
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