ABIDE IN MY LOVE

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As the Father hath loved me, 

so have I loved you: continue 

ye in my love.  If ye keep my 

commandments, ye shall abide in 

my love; even as I have kept my 

Father’s commandments, and abide 

in his love. These things have I 

spoken unto you, that my joy might 

remain in you, and that your 

joy might be full.  This is my 

commandment, That ye love one 

another, as I have loved you.  Greater 

love hath no man than this, 

that a man lay down his life for 

his friends.  Ye are my 

friends, if ye do whatsoever 

I command you.  Henceforth I call 

you not servants; for the servant 

knoweth not what his lord doeth: 

but I have called you friends; 

for all things that I have heard 

of my Father I have made known 

unto you.  Ye have not chosen me, 

but I have chosen you, and ordained 

you, that ye should go and bring 

forth fruit, and that your fruit 

should remain: that whatsoever 

ye shall ask of the Father in 

my name, he may give it you.

These things I command you, 

that ye love one another.

John 15: 9-17