Though y’all haven’t seen him, y’all love him. And though y’all don’t see him now, through believing in him, y’all rejoice greatly with inexpressible and glorious joy,
This precious value, therefore, is for y’all who believe. But for those who disbelieve, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
Jesus said to them, “If God were y’all’s Father, y’all would love me, for I proceeded from God and am now present. I haven’t come on my own initiative, but ʜᴇ sent me.
The one who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them, and will reveal myself to them.”
How is your beloved better than another beloved, you most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so admonish us?
Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; for why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?