Revelation 22:14
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14 Blessed are those who wash their robes,[a] so that they will have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates.
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- 22.14 Other ancient authorities read do his commandments
Revelation 21:27
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27 But nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.(A)
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1 John 5:3
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3 For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome,(A)
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Revelation 22:7
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7 “See, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”(A)
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1 John 3:23-24
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23 And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.(A) 24 All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit that he has given us.(B)
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1 John 3:3
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3 And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
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John 14:15
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The Promise of the Holy Spirit
15 “If you love me, you will keep[a] my commandments.(A)
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- 14.15 Other ancient authorities read me, keep
Revelation 2:7
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7 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To everyone who conquers, I will give permission to eat from the tree of life that is in the paradise of God.(A)
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1 Corinthians 7:19
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19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but obeying the commandments of God is everything.(A)
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John 15:10-14
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10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.(A) 11 I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.(B)
12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.(C) 13 No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.(D) 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you.(E)
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Revelation 22:2
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2 through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life[a] with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month, and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.(A)
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- 22.2 Or the Lamb.
In the middle of the street of the city, and on either side of the river, is the tree of life
John 14:21-23
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21 They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me, and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.”(A) 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.(B)
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John 10:7
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7 So again Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
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Psalm 119:1-6
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Psalm 119
The Glories of God’s Law
1 Happy are those whose way is blameless,
who walk in the law of the Lord.(A)
2 Happy are those who keep his decrees,
who seek him with their whole heart,
3 who also do no wrong
but walk in his ways.(B)
4 You have commanded your precepts
to be kept diligently.
5 O that my ways may be steadfast
in keeping your statutes!
6 Then I shall not be put to shame,
having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.(C)
John 10:9
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9 I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture.
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Psalm 112:1
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Psalm 112
Blessings of the Righteous
1 Praise the Lord!
Happy are those who fear the Lord,
who greatly delight in his commandments.(A)
Revelation 7:14
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14 I said to him, “Sir, you are the one who knows.” Then he said to me, “These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.(A)
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Galatians 5:6
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6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working[a] through love.(A)
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- 5.6 Or made effective
Revelation 21:12
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12 It has a great, high wall with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates are inscribed the names that are the names[a] of the twelve tribes of the Israelites:(A)
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- 21.12 Other ancient authorities lack that are the names
Matthew 7:21-27
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Concerning Self-Deception
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.(A) 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’(B) 23 Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; go away from me, you who behave lawlessly.’(C)
Hearers and Doers
24 “Everyone, then, who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.(D) 25 The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall because it had been founded on rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its fall!”
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1 Corinthians 9:5
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5 Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a believing wife,[a] as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?(A)
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- 9.5 Gk a sister as wife
1 Corinthians 8:9
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9 But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.(A)
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John 14:6
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6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.(A)
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Isaiah 56:1-2
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The Covenant Extended to All Who Obey
56 Thus says the Lord:
Maintain justice, and do what is right,
for soon my salvation will come
and my deliverance be revealed.(A)
2 Happy is the mortal who does this,
the one who holds it fast,
who keeps the Sabbath, not profaning it,
and refrains from doing any evil.(B)
Psalm 106:3-5
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3 Happy are those who observe justice,
who do righteousness at all times.(A)
4 Remember us,[a] O Lord, when you show favor to your people;
help us[b] when you deliver them,(B)
5 that we may see the prosperity of your chosen ones,
that we may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
that we may glory in your heritage.(C)
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