John 14:21

New International Reader's Version

Anyone who has my commands and obeys them loves me. My Father will love the one who loves me. I too will love them. And I will show myself to them.”

Cross References

2 Kings 18:6

Hezekiah remained faithful to the Lord. He didn’t stop serving him. He obeyed the commands the Lord had given Moses.

Psalm 35:27

Let those who are happy when my name is cleared shout with joy and gladness. Let them always say, “May the Lord be honored. He is pleased when everything goes well with the one who serves him.”

Exodus 33:18

Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me. Those who look for me find me.

Jeremiah 31:31

“The days are coming,” announces the Lord. “I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel. I will also make it with the people of Judah.

Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord your God is with you. He is the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you. In his love he will no longer punish you. Instead, he will sing for joy because of you.”

Luke 11:28

He replied, “Instead, blessed are those who hear God’s word and obey it.”

John 14:15

“If you love me, obey my commands.

John 14:18

I will not leave you like children who don’t have parents. I will come to you.

John 15:14

You are my friends if you do what I command.

John 16:14

He will bring me glory. That’s because what he receives from me he will show to you.

John 16:27

No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me. He also loves you because you have believed that I came from God.

John 17:23

I will be in them, just as you are in me. This is so that they may be brought together perfectly as one. Then the world will know that you sent me. It will also show the world that you have loved those you gave me, just as you have loved me.

Acts 22:18

I saw the Lord speaking to me. ‘Quick!’ he said. ‘Leave Jerusalem at once. The people here will not accept what you tell them about me.’

2 Corinthians 12:8

Three times I begged the Lord to take it away from me.

2 Corinthians 3:18

None of our faces are covered with a veil. All of us can see the Lord’s glory and think deeply about it. So we are being changed to become more like him so that we have more and more glory. And this glory comes from the Lord, who is the Holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4:6

God said, “Let light shine out of darkness.” (Genesis 1:3) He made his light shine in our hearts. His light gives us the light to know God’s glory. His glory is shown in the face of Christ.

Deuteronomy 11:13

So be faithful. Obey the commands the Lord your God is giving you today. Love him. Serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 7:13

The Lord will love you and bless you. He’ll cause there to be many of you. He’ll give you many children. He’ll bless the crops of your land. He’ll give you plenty of grain, olive oil and fresh wine. He’ll bless your herds with many calves. He’ll give your flocks many lambs. He’ll do all these things for you in the land of Canaan. It’s the land he promised your people of long ago that he would give you.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father loved us. By his grace God gave us comfort that will last forever. The hope he gave us is good. May our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father

2 Timothy 4:22

May the Lord be with your spirit. May God’s grace be with you all.

1 John 2:5

But if anyone obeys God’s word, then that person truly loves God. Here is how we know we belong to him.

1 John 3:1

See what amazing love the Father has given us! Because of it, we are called children of God. And that’s what we really are! The world doesn’t know us because it didn’t know him.

1 John 5:3

In fact, here is what it means to love God. We love him by obeying his commands. And his commands are not hard to obey.

2 John 1:6

The way we show our love is to obey God’s commands. He commands you to lead a life of love. That’s what you have heard from the beginning.

Revelation 2:17

‘Whoever has ears should listen to what the Holy Spirit says to the churches. Here is what I will do for anyone who has victory over sin. I will give that person hidden manna to eat. I will also give each of them a white stone with a new name written on it. Only the one who receives this name will know what it is.’

Revelation 22:14

“Blessed are those who wash their robes. They will have the right to come to the tree of life. They will be allowed to go through the gates into the city.

Revelation 3:20

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in. I will eat with that person, and they will eat with me.