⁵⁶ Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.^(A)

²⁰ On that day^(A) you will realize that I am in my Father,^(B) and you are in me, and I am in you.^(C)

²⁴ The one who keeps God’s commands^(A) lives in him,^(B) and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.^(C)

⁴ Remain in me, as I also remain in you.^(A) No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

⁵ “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit;^(B) apart from me you can do nothing.

¹⁵ If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God,^(A) God lives in them and they in God.^{(B) 16} And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.

God is love.^(C) Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.^(D)

²³ Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching.^(A) My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.^(B)