“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.

And this is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light; for their deeds were evil.

The Father loves the Son and has entrusted all things to His hand.

For the Father loves the Son and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him greater works than these, so that you will be amazed.

but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I came forth from God and am here; for I have not even come on My own, but He sent Me.

For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it back.

So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.”

(Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.)

So the Jews were saying, “See how He loved him!”

The one who loves his life loses it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.

for they loved the approval of people rather than the approval of God.

The Lord’s Supper

Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that His hour had come that He would depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

Lying back on Jesus’ chest was one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.

I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another.”

“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

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

Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will follow My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling with him.

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

You heard that I said to you, ‘I am going away, and I am coming to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let’s go from here.

Just as the Father has loved Me, I also have loved you; remain in My love.

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

Disciples’ Relation to Each Other

“This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.

Greater love has no one than this, that a person will lay down his life for his friends.

This I command you, that you love one another.

If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.

for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father.

I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and You loved them, just as You loved Me.

Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

So when Jesus saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He *said to His mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”

So she *ran and *came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and *said to them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we do not know where they have put Him.”

Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved *said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he was stripped for work), and threw himself into the sea.

The Love Question

Now when they had finished breakfast, Jesus *said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?” He *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He *said to him, “Tend My lambs.”

He *said to him again, a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” He *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He *said to him, “Shepherd My sheep.”

He *said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was hurt because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Jesus *said to him, “Tend My sheep.

Peter turned around and *saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them—the one who also had leaned back on His chest at the supper and said, “Lord, who is the one who is betraying You?”