John 14:15
If you love me, you will lay my commands to heart,
John 14:21
It is he who has my commands and lays them to heart that loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him."
Acts 2:39
For the promise is for you and for your children, and also for all those now far away, who may be called by the Lord our God."
Romans 11:28-29
From the stand-point of the Good News, the Jews are God's enemies on your account; but from the stand-point of God's selection, they are dear to him on account of the Patriarchs.
1 John 4:19
We love, because God first loved us.
1 John 5:3
For to love God is to lay his commands to heart; and his commands are not burdensome,
2 John 1:6
And this is love--to live in obedience to the Father's commands. This is the Command as you learned from the first, to live in a spirit of love.