²³ Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching.^(A) My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.^{(B) 24} Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.^(C)

⁹ and, once made perfect,^(A) he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him

²⁸ He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God^(A) and obey it.”^(B)