If we obey God's commands, then we are sure that we know him.

If we say that we know him, but do not obey his commands, we are liars and there is no truth in us.

so that his people would obey his laws and keep all his commands. Praise the LORD!

Happy are those who obey his commands, who always do what is right.

Happy are those who follow his commands, who obey him with all their heart.

LORD, you have given us your laws and told us to obey them faithfully.

I call to you; save me, and I will keep your laws.

"Now, young people, listen to me. Do as I say, and you will be happy.

Young people who obey the law are intelligent. Those who make friends with good-for-nothings are a disgrace to their parents.

As long as you obey his commands, you are safe, and a wise person knows how and when to do it.

I will put my spirit in you and will see to it that you follow my laws and keep all the commands I have given you.

But Jesus answered, "Rather, how happy are those who hear the word of God and obey it!"

"Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. My Father will love those who love me; I too will love them and reveal myself to them."

Jesus answered him, "Those who love me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and my Father and I will come to them and live with them.

The dragon was furious with the woman and went off to fight against the rest of her descendants, all those who obey God's commandments and are faithful to the truth revealed by Jesus.

This calls for endurance on the part of God's people, those who obey God's commandments and are faithful to Jesus.

No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in union with us, and his love is made perfect in us.

There is no fear in love; perfect love drives out all fear. So then, love has not been made perfect in anyone who is afraid, because fear has to do with punishment.

Can't you see? His faith and his actions worked together; his faith was made perfect through his actions.

But as for you, Christ has poured out his Spirit on you. As long as his Spirit remains in you, you do not need anyone to teach you. For his Spirit teaches you about everything, and what he teaches is true, not false. Obey the Spirit's teaching, then, and remain in union with Christ.

Yes, my children, remain in union with him, so that when he appears we may be full of courage and need not hide in shame from him on the Day he comes.

Those who obey God's commands live in union with God and God lives in union with them. And because of the Spirit that God has given us we know that God lives in union with us.

We are sure that we live in union with God and that he lives in union with us, because he has given us his Spirit.

If we declare that Jesus is the Son of God, we live in union with God and God lives in union with us.

And we ourselves know and believe the love which God has for us. God is love, and those who live in love live in union with God and God lives in union with them.

We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we know the true God. We live in union with the true God---in union with his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and this is eternal life.

Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood live in me, and I live in them.

"I am the vine, and you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will bear much fruit; for you can do nothing without me.

There is no condemnation now for those who live in union with Christ Jesus.

But God has brought you into union with Christ Jesus, and God has made Christ to be our wisdom. By him we are put right with God; we become God's holy people and are set free.

Anyone who is joined to Christ is a new being; the old is gone, the new has come.

Christ was without sin, but for our sake God made him share our sin in order that in union with him we might share the righteousness of God.

For the full content of divine nature lives in Christ, in his humanity,

and you have been given full life in union with him. He is supreme over every spiritual ruler and authority.