^47 (A)Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and ^[a]acts on them, I will show you whom he is like: ⁴⁸ he is like a man building a house, who ^[b]dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when there was a flood, the river burst against that house and yet it could not shake it, because it had been well built.

¹⁵ “^(A)If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

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

²⁴ The one who does not love Me ^(A)does not follow My words; and ^(B)the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.

^3 (A)By this we know that we have come to ^(B)know Him, if we ^(C)keep His commandments.

^2 (A)By this we know that ^(B)we love the children of God, when we love God and ^[a]follow His commandments. ³ For ^(C)this is the love of God, that we ^(D)keep His commandments; and ^(E)His commandments are not burdensome.

²³ But this is ^[a]what I commanded them, saying, ‘^(A)Obey My voice, and ^(B)I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you shall walk ^[b]entirely in the way which I command you, so that it may ^(C)go well for you.’

³ So ^(A)remember ^[a]what you have received and heard; and ^[b]keep it, and ^(B)repent. Then if you are not alert, ^(C)I will come ^(D)like a thief, and you will not know at ^(E)what hour I will come to you.