John 14:21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

That hath

That loveth

And will

General references

Matthew 25:42

John 14:15

Bible References

That hath

"If you love me, you will obey my commandments.

You are my friends, if you do what I command you.

"Nay rather," He replied, "they are blessed who hear God's Message and carefully keep it."

For the love of Christ overmasters us, the conclusion at which we have arrived being this--that One having died for all, His death was their death,

and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "And Abraham believed God, and his faith was placed to his credit as righteousness," and he received the name of 'God's friend.'

But whoever obeys His Message, in him love for God has in very deed reached perfection. By this we can know that we are in Him.

Dear children, let us not love in words only nor with the lips, but in deed and in truth.

Love for God means obedience to His commands; and His commands are not irksome.

The love of which I am speaking consists in our living in obedience to God's commands. God's command is that you should live in obedience to what you all heard from the very beginning.

Blessed are those who wash their robes clean, that they may have a right to the Tree of Life, and may go through the gates into the city.

That loveth

"If any one loves me," replied Jesus, "he will obey my teaching; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

As the Father has loved me, I have also loved you: continue in my love.

for the Father Himself holds you dear, because you have held me dear and have believed that I came from the Father's presence.

I in them and Thou in me; that they may stand perfected in one; that the world may come to understand that Thou didst send me and hast loved them with the same love as that with which Thou hast loved me.

And may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself--and God our Father who has loved us and has given us in His grace eternal consolation and a bright hope--

See what marvellous love the Father has bestowed upon us--that we should be called God's children: and that is what we are. For this reason the world does not recognize us--because it has not known Him.

And will

I will not leave you bereaved: I am coming to you.

He will glorify me, because He will take of what is mine and will make it known to you.

And, in a vision by night, the Lord said to Paul, "Dismiss your fears: go on speaking, and do not give up.

I saw Jesus, and He said to me, "'Make haste and leave Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.'

And all of us, with unveiled faces, reflecting like bright mirrors the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same likeness, from one degree of radiant holiness to another, even as derived from the Lord the Spirit.

For God who said, "Out of darkness let light shine," is He who has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory, which is radiant on the face of Christ.

As for this, three times have I besought the Lord to rid me of him;

The Lord, however, stood by me and filled me with inward strength, that through me the Message might be fully proclaimed and that all the Gentiles might hear it; and I was rescued from the lion's jaws.

That which was from the beginning, which we have listened to, which we have seen with our own eyes, and our own hands have handled concerning the Word of Life--

"'Let all who have ears give heed to what the Spirit is saying to the Churches. He who overcomes--to him I will give some of the hidden Manna, and a white stone; and--written upon the stone and known only to him who receives it-- a new name.'

I am now standing at the door and am knocking. If any one listens to My voice and opens the door, I will go in to be with him and will feast with him, and he shall feast with Me.

General references

For when I was hungry, you gave me nothing to eat; when thirsty, you gave me nothing to drink;

"If you love me, you will obey my commandments.