John 15:9

Plain English Version

I loved you just as much as my father loves me. So listen, you have to stay joined to me, and I will keep on loving you.

Cross References

John 15:11

I told you all these things now, so that you can be properly happy. Yes, you can be as happy as me.

John 15:13

If somebody is ready to die to save their friends, that shows that they really love their friends a lot.

John 17:26

I showed my followers what you are like, and I will keep on showing them, so that they will love each other, just like you love me. And I will be joined to them, so it’s like I am in them.”

John 3:35

God, the father, loves his son very much and gave him power over everything.

Ephesians 3:18

I pray for you, and for all God’s people. I pray that you will know, in a powerful way, that Jesus Christ loves us very much. He loves us so much that nobody can properly know all about it. But I want you to understand that he loves everybody very much, so that you will become like him in every way, and you will live the good way he wants you to live.

Jude 1:20

But, my friends, I know that you believe the message that comes from God himself. And you have to do everything that you can do to believe it more and more strongly. You have to help each other to believe this message. And you have to let God’s spirit show you how to pray.