Matthew 22:36-40

36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”

37 And He said to him, ” ‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’

38 “This is the great and foremost commandment.

39 “The second is like it, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’

40 “On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”

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John 14:15

15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

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John 14:21

Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”

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John 14:23

Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

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John 15:10

If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.

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1 John 2:3

By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.

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1 John 5:3

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

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2 John 1:6 

And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.

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