You are my friends if you do what I command.
Anyone who does what my heavenly Father wants is my brother and sister and mother.”
In fact, this is what it means to love God: to obey his commands. And his commands aren’t hard to obey,
And the Scripture came true that says, “Abraham believed God, and this was considered to make him right with God.” God even called Abraham his friend.
Anyone who has my commands and obeys them loves me. My Father will love the one who loves me, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”
“If you love me, obey my commands.
“My friends, listen to me. Don’t be afraid of those who can kill the body but who can’t do anything after that.
Now that you know these things, you’ll be blessed if you do them.
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
“You heard me say, ‘I’m going away and I’m coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you’d be glad that I’m going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.
