John 14:21

The Passion Translation

Those who truly love me are those who obey my commands. Whoever passionately loves me will be passionately loved by my Father. And I will passionately love him in return and will reveal myself to him.”

Cross References

Psalm 35:27

But let all my true friends shout for joy, all those who know and love what I do for you. Let them all say, “The Lord is great, and he delights in the prosperity of his servant.”

Proverbs 8:17

I will show my love to those who passionately love me. For they will search and search continually until they find me.

Jeremiah 31:31

Yahweh declares: “Look, the days are coming when I will enter into a brand-new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.

Luke 11:28

“Yes,” said Jesus, “but God will bless all who listen to the word of God and carefully obey everything they hear.”

John 14:15

“Loving me empowers you to obey my commands.

John 14:18

“I promise that I will never leave you helpless or abandon you as orphans—I will come back to you!

John 15:14

“You show that you are my intimate friends when you obey all that I command you.

John 16:14

He will glorify me on the earth, for he will receive from me what is mine and reveal it to you.

John 16:27

For the Father tenderly loves you, because you love me and believe that I’ve come from God.

John 17:23

You live fully in me and now I live fully in them so that they will experience perfect unity, and the world will be convinced that you have sent me, for they will see that you love each one of them with the same passionate love that you have for me.

Acts 22:18

and saw him. He said to me, ‘Hurry and depart from Jerusalem quickly, for the people here will not receive the truths you share about me.’

2 Corinthians 12:8

Three times I pleaded with the Lord to relieve me of this.

2 Corinthians 3:18

We can all draw close to him with the veil removed from our faces. And with no veil we all become like mirrors who brightly reflect the glory of the Lord Jesus. We are being transfigured into his very image as we move from one brighter level of glory to another. And this glorious transfiguration comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who said, “Let brilliant light shine out of darkness,” is the one who has cascaded his light into us—the brilliant dawning light of the glorious knowledge of God as we gaze into the face of Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now may the Lord Jesus Christ and our Father God, who loved us and in his wonderful grace gave us eternal comfort and a beautiful hope that cannot fail,

2 Timothy 4:22

The Lord is within your spirit and his grace overflows to you! Love in Christ, Paul

1 John 2:5

But the love of God will be perfected within the one who obeys God’s Word. We can be sure that we’ve truly come to live in intimacy with God,

1 John 3:1

Look with wonder at the depth of the Father’s marvelous love that he has lavished on us! He has called us and made us his very own beloved children. The reason the world doesn’t recognize who we are is that they didn’t recognize him.

1 John 5:3

True love for God means obeying his commands, and his commands don’t weigh us down as heavy burdens.

2 John 1:6

This love means living in obedience to whatever God commands us. For to walk in love toward one another is the unifying commandment we’ve heard from the beginning.

Revelation 2:17

But the one whose heart is open, let him listen carefully to what the Spirit is presently saying to all the churches. To everyone who is victorious I will let him feast on the hidden manna and give him a shining white stone. And written upon the white stone is inscribed his new name, known only to the one who receives it.

Revelation 22:14

Wonderfully blessed are those who wash their robes white so they can access the Tree of Life and enter the city of bliss by its open gates.

Revelation 3:20

Behold, I’m standing at the door, knocking. If your heart is open to hear my voice and you open the door within, I will come in to you and feast with you, and you will feast with me.