For he held fast to the Lord; he did not depart from following him, but kept the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses.
John 14:21 - Revised Standard Version He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The person who has My commands and keeps them is the one who [really] loves Me; and whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I [too] will love him and will show (reveal, manifest) Myself to him. [I will let Myself be clearly seen by him and make Myself real to him.] American Standard Version (1901) He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him. Common English Bible Whoever has my commandments and keeps them loves me. Whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.” Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever holds to my commandments and keeps them: it is he who loves me. And whoever loves me shall be loved by my Father. And I will love him, and I will manifest myself to him." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them; he it is that loveth me. And he that loveth me, shall be loved of my Father: and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. |
For he held fast to the Lord; he did not depart from following him, but kept the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses.
Let those who desire my vindication shout for joy and be glad, and say evermore, “Great is the Lord, who delights in the welfare of his servant!”
“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,
The Lord your God is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing
But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from the Father.
I in them and thou in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them even as thou hast loved me.
and saw him saying to me, ‘Make haste and get quickly out of Jerusalem, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’
And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being changed into his likeness from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
For it is the God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
“And if you will obey my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
he will love you, bless you, and multiply you; he will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you.
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
but whoever keeps his word, in him truly love for God is perfected. By this we may be sure that we are in him:
See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.
And this is love, that we follow his commandments; this is the commandment, as you have heard from the beginning, that you follow love.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone which no one knows except him who receives it.’
Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates.
Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.