12 Here is (A)the [a]perseverance of the [b]saints who (B)keep the commandments of God and [c](C)their faith in Jesus.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 14:12 Or steadfastness
  2. Revelation 14:12 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
  3. Revelation 14:12 Lit the faith of

12 Here is [encouragement for] the steadfast endurance of the saints (God’s people), those who habitually keep God’s commandments and their faith in Jesus.

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12 This calls for patient endurance(A) on the part of the people of God(B) who keep his commands(C) and remain faithful to Jesus.

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20 teaching them to [a]follow all that I commanded you; and behold, (A)I am with you [b]always, to (B)the end of the age.”

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  1. Matthew 28:20 Or keep
  2. Matthew 28:20 Lit all the days

20 teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually—regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], even to the end of the age.”

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20 and teaching(A) them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you(B) always, to the very end of the age.”(C)

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15 (A)If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

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15 “If you [really] love Me, you will keep and obey My commandments.

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Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

15 “If you love me, keep my commands.(A)

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21 (A)The one who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and (B)the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will (C)reveal Myself to him.”

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21 The person who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who [really] loves Me; and whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him [I will make Myself real to him].”

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21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.(A) The one who loves me will be loved by my Father,(B) and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

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10 (A)If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love; just as (B)I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.

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10 If you keep My commandments and obey My teaching, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.

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10 If you keep my commands,(A) you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.

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55 and (A)you have not come to know Him, (B)but I know Him. And if I say that I do not know Him, I will be (C)a liar like you; (D)but I do know Him, and I (E)follow His word.

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55 Yet you do not know Him, but I know Him fully. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him and keep His word.

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55 Though you do not know him,(A) I know him.(B) If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and obey his word.(C)

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51 Truly, truly I say to you, if anyone (A)follows My word, he will never (B)see death.”

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51 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, if anyone keeps My word [by living in accordance with My message] he will indeed never, ever see and experience [a]death.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 8:51 I.e. spiritual death and separation from God.

51 Very truly I tell you, whoever obeys my word will never see death.”(A)

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(A)By this we know that we have come to (B)know Him, if we (C)keep His commandments. The one who says, “(D)I have come to (E)know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a (F)liar, and (G)the truth is not in him;

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And this is how we know [daily, by experience] that we have come to know Him [to understand Him and be more deeply acquainted with Him]: if we habitually keep [focused on His precepts and obey] His commandments (teachings). Whoever says, “I have come to know Him,” but does not habitually keep [focused on His precepts and obey] His commandments (teachings), is a liar, and the truth [of the divine word] is not in him.

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Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers

We know(A) that we have come to know him(B) if we keep his commands.(C) Whoever says, “I know him,”(D) but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.(E)

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22 and (A)whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we (B)keep His commandments and do (C)the things that are pleasing in His sight.

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22 and we receive from Him whatever we ask because we [carefully and consistently] keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight [habitually seeking to follow His plan for us].

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22 and receive from him anything we ask,(A) because we keep his commands(B) and do what pleases him.(C)

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