"Justas the Fatherhas lovedMe, I have alsolovedyou; abidein My love.
"These thingsI have spokento you sothat My joymay be in you, and [that] your joymay be made full.
"Greaterlovehasno onethan this,that onelay downhis lifefor his friends.
and I have madeYour nameknown to them, and will make it known,sothat the lovewith whichYou lovedMe may be in them, and I in them."
"The Fatherlovesthe Sonand has givenall thingsinto His hand.
may be ableto comprehendwith allthe saintswhatis the breadthand lengthand heightand depth,
Now,little children,abidein Him, sothat whenHe appears,we may haveconfidenceand not shrinkawayfrom Him in shameat His coming.
But you, beloved,buildingyourselvesup on your mostholyfaith,prayingin the HolySpirit,
and from JesusChrist,the faithfulwitness,the firstbornof the dead,and the rulerof the kingsof the earth.To Him who lovesus and releasedus from our sinsby His blood--