Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

¹⁵ “If you love me, keep my commands.^(A)

¹⁰ If you keep my commands,^(A) you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.

²² and receive from him anything we ask,^(A) because we keep his commands^(B) and do what pleases him.^(C)

²⁴ The one who keeps God’s commands^(A) lives in him,^(B) and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.^(C)

³ In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands.^(A) And his commands are not burdensome,^(B)

¹⁷ Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war^(A) against the rest of her offspring^(B)—those who keep God’s commands^(C) and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.^(D)

¹² This calls for patient endurance^(A) on the part of the people of God^(B) who keep his commands^(C) and remain faithful to Jesus.