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.

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.”

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

^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.”

^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.

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.

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

^3 (A)By this we know that we have come to ^(B)know Him, if we ^(C)keep His commandments. ⁴ 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;

⁹ I was once alive apart ^[a]from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin came to life, and I died;