⁹ “As the Father has loved me,^(A) so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.

God’s Children and Sin

²⁸ And now, dear children,^(A) continue in him, so that when he appears^(B) we may be confident^(C) and unashamed before him at his coming.^(D)

¹³ Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.^(A)

¹¹ I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.^(A)

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,^(A) the firstborn from the dead,^(B) and the ruler of the kings of the earth.^(C)

To him who loves us^(D) and has freed us from our sins by his blood,^(E)

¹⁸ may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people,^(A) to grasp how wide and long and high and deep^(B) is the love of Christ,

²⁰ But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up^(A) in your most holy faith^(B) and praying in the Holy Spirit,^(C)