¹⁴ You are my friends if you do what I command.

⁵⁰ Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother!”

³ Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome.

²³ And so it happened just as the Scriptures say: “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.”^[a] He was even called the friend of God.^[b]

⁴ “Dear friends, don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot do any more to you after that.

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

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

⁵ But his mother told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

²⁸ Remember what I told you: I am going away, but I will come back to you again. If you really loved me, you would be happy that I am going to the Father, who is greater than I am.

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.”