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

Loving God Under Trials

^12 (A)Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive ^(B)the crown of life ^(C)which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

^27 (A)for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and ^(B)have believed that I came forth from God.

²⁸ And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those ^(A)who are the called according to His purpose.

⁵ Listen, my beloved brethren: ^(A)Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be ^(B)rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom ^(C)which He promised to those who love Him?

^9 (A)Therefore God also ^(B)has highly exalted Him and ^(C)given Him the name which is above every name, ^10 (D)that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, ¹¹ and ^(E)that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

⁹ But now ^(A)after you have known God, or rather are known by God, ^(B)how is it that you turn again to ^(C)the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?