Revelation 14:12
New King James Version
12 (A)Here is the [a]patience of the saints; (B)here[b] are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
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- Revelation 14:12 steadfastness, perseverance
- Revelation 14:12 NU, M omit here are those
Revelation 14:12
Amplified Bible
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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Matthew 28:20
New King James Version
20 (A)teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am (B)with you always, even to the end of the age.” [a]Amen.
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- Matthew 28:20 NU omits Amen.
Matthew 28:20
Amplified Bible
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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John 14:15
New King James Version
Jesus Promises Another Helper
15 (A)“If you love Me, [a]keep My commandments.
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- John 14:15 NU you will keep
John 14:15
Amplified Bible
15 “If you [really] love Me, you will keep and obey My commandments.
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John 14:21
New King James Version
21 (A)He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and [a]manifest Myself to him.”
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- John 14:21 reveal
John 14:21
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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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John 15:10
New King James Version
10 (A)If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.
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John 15:10
Amplified Bible
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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John 8:55
New King James Version
55 Yet (A)you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say, ‘I do not know Him,’ I shall be a liar like you; but I do know Him and (B)keep His word.
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John 8:55
Amplified Bible
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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John 8:51
New King James Version
51 Most assuredly, I say to you, (A)if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death.”
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John 8:51
Amplified Bible
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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- John 8:51 I.e. spiritual death and separation from God.
1 John 2:3-4
New King James Version
The Test of Knowing Him
3 Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a (A)liar, and the truth is not in him.
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1 John 2:3-4
Amplified Bible
3 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). 4 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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1 John 3:22
New King James Version
22 And (A)whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments (B)and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.
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1 John 3:22
Amplified Bible
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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1 John 3:24
New King James Version
The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error
24 Now (A)he who keeps His commandments (B)abides in Him, and He in him. And (C)by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.
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1 John 3:24
Amplified Bible
24 The one who habitually keeps His commandments [obeying His word and following His precepts, abides and] remains in Him, and He in him. By this we know and have the proof that He [really] abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us [as a gift].
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1 John 5:2
New King James Version
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and (A)keep His commandments.
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1 John 5:2
Amplified Bible
2 By this we know [without any doubt] that we love the children of God: [expressing that love] when we love God and obey His commandments.
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Romans 7:9
New King James Version
9 I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.
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Romans 7:9
Amplified Bible
9 I was once alive without [knowledge of] the Law; but when the commandment came [and I understood its meaning], sin became alive and I died [since the Law sentenced me to death].(A)
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1 Corinthians 7:19
New King James Version
19 (A)Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but (B)keeping the commandments of God is what matters.
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1 Corinthians 7:19
Amplified Bible
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is keeping the commandments of God.
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