²³ Jesus replied, “All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them.

²¹ Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal myself to each of them.”

¹⁵ All who declare that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God. ¹⁶ We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love.

God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

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

²⁴ So you must remain faithful to what you have been taught from the beginning. If you do, you will remain in fellowship with the Son and with the Father.

Psalm 91

⁴ But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.

¹⁶ And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said: