Love and Joy Perfected
9 "As the Father John 5:20; 17:26loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.10 John 14:15If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.
11 "These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and (John 16:24); 1 John 1:4that your joy may be full.12 John 13:34; 1 John 3:11This is My Rom. 12:9commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.13 Eph. 5:2; 1 John 3:16Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.