12 Here is (A)the [a]perseverance of the [b]saints who (B)keep the commandments of God and [c](C)their faith in Jesus.

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  1. Revelation 14:12 Or steadfastness
  2. Revelation 14:12 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
  3. Revelation 14:12 Lit the faith of

12 Here is [encouragement for] the steadfast endurance of the saints (God’s people), those who habitually keep God’s commandments and their faith in Jesus.

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20 teaching them to [a]follow all that I commanded you; and behold, (A)I am with you [b]always, to (B)the end of the age.”

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  1. Matthew 28:20 Or keep
  2. Matthew 28:20 Lit all the days

20 teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually—regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], even to the end of the age.”

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

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15 “If you [really] love Me, you will keep and obey My commandments.

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21 (A)The one who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and (B)the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will (C)reveal Myself to him.”

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21 The person who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who [really] loves Me; and whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him [I will make Myself real to him].”

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10 (A)If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love; just as (B)I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.

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10 If you keep My commandments and obey My teaching, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.

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55 and (A)you have not come to know Him, (B)but I know Him. And if I say that I do not know Him, I will be (C)a liar like you; (D)but I do know Him, and I (E)follow His word.

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55 Yet you do not know Him, but I know Him fully. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him and keep His word.

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51 Truly, truly I say to you, if anyone (A)follows My word, he will never (B)see death.”

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51 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, if anyone keeps My word [by living in accordance with My message] he will indeed never, ever see and experience [a]death.”

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  1. John 8:51 I.e. spiritual death and separation from God.

(A)By this we know that we have come to (B)know Him, if we (C)keep His commandments. The one who says, “(D)I have come to (E)know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a (F)liar, and (G)the truth is not in him;

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And this is how we know [daily, by experience] that we have come to know Him [to understand Him and be more deeply acquainted with Him]: if we habitually keep [focused on His precepts and obey] His commandments (teachings). Whoever says, “I have come to know Him,” but does not habitually keep [focused on His precepts and obey] His commandments (teachings), is a liar, and the truth [of the divine word] is not in him.

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22 and (A)whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we (B)keep His commandments and do (C)the things that are pleasing in His sight.

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22 and we receive from Him whatever we ask because we [carefully and consistently] keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight [habitually seeking to follow His plan for us].

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24 The one who (A)keeps His commandments (B)remains in Him, and He in him. (C)We know by this that (D)He remains in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.

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24 The one who habitually keeps His commandments [obeying His word and following His precepts, abides and] remains in Him, and He in him. By this we know and have the proof that He [really] abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us [as a gift].

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(A)By this we know that (B)we love the children of God, when we love God and [a]follow His commandments.

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  1. 1 John 5:2 Lit do

By this we know [without any doubt] that we love the children of God: [expressing that love] when we love God and obey His commandments.

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I was once alive apart [a]from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin came to life, and I died;

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  1. Romans 7:9 Or from law

I was once alive without [knowledge of] the Law; but when the commandment came [and I understood its meaning], sin became alive and I died [since the Law sentenced me to death].(A)

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19 (A)Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is (B)the keeping of the commandments of God.

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19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is keeping the commandments of God.

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