You are my friends if you do what I command you.
For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.
and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God.
Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do.
If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend;
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
Did you not, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?
I came to my garden, my sister, my bride, I gathered my myrrh with my spice, I ate my honeycomb with my honey, I drank my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, drink, and be drunk with love!
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