²³ Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, ^(A)and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

^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.”

Jesus Promises Another Helper

^15 (A)“If you love Me, ^[a]keep My commandments.

²⁰ Behold, ^(A)I stand at the door and knock. ^(B)If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, ^(C)I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. ²¹ To him who overcomes ^(D)I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

^15 (A)Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. ¹⁶ And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and ^(B)he who abides in love abides in God, and God ^(C)in him.

Let Truth Abide in You

²⁴ Therefore let that abide in you ^(A)which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, ^(B)you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

⁴ You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than ^(A)he who is in the world.

¹⁶ And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For ^(A)you^[a] are the temple of the living God. As God has said:

Safety of Abiding in the Presence of God