⁴³ “^(A)You have heard that it was said, ‘^(B)You shall love your neighbor ^(C)and hate your enemy.’ ⁴⁴ But I say to you, ^(D)love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, ⁴⁵ so that you may prove yourselves to be ^(E)sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. ⁴⁶ For ^(F)if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors, do they not do the same? ⁴⁷ And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Even the Gentiles, do they not do the same? ⁴⁸ Therefore ^(G)you shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

³⁵ Who will separate us from ^(A)the love of ^[a]Christ? Will ^(B)tribulation, or trouble, or ^(C)persecution, or ^(D)famine, or ^(E)nakedness, or ^(F)danger, or sword? ³⁶ Just as it is written:

³⁷ But in all these things we overwhelmingly ^(H)conquer through ^(I)Him who loved us. ³⁸ For I am convinced that neither ^(J)death, nor life, nor ^(K)angels, nor principalities, nor ^(L)things present, nor things to come, nor powers, ³⁹ nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from ^(M)the love of God that is ^(N)in Christ Jesus our Lord.

²⁴ Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ ^[a]with incorruptible love.

¹⁵ “^(A)If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

^21 (A)The one who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and ^(B)the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will ^(C)reveal Myself to him.”

^10 (A)If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love; just as ^(B)I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.

³ For ^(A)this is the love of God, that we ^(B)keep His commandments; and ^(C)His commandments are not burdensome.