¹⁴ You are my friends if you do what I command you.^(A)

⁵⁰ For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”^(A)

³ For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome,^(A)

²³ Thus the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,”^[a] and he was called the friend of God.^(A)

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)

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

¹⁵ “If you love me, you will keep^[a] my commandments.^(A)

Exhortation to Fearless Confession

⁴ “I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body and after that can do nothing more.^(A)

¹⁷ If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

²⁸ You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I am coming to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.^(A)