Study Desk

"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.

"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.

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.

If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain in his love.

I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.

I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.

My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

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

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends.

You are my friends if you do what I command.

You are my friends if you do what I command.

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.

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.

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.

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.

This is my command: Love each other.

This is my command: Love each other.