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9 "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.
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9 "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.
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10 If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.
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10 If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.
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11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.
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11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.
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12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
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12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
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13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
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13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
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14 You are my friends if you do what I command.
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14 You are my friends if you do what I command.
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15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
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15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
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16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.
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16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.
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17 This is my command: Love each other.
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17 This is my command: Love each other.
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| Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
