John 15:9-15

9“As the Father has loved me, I have also loved you. Remain in my love.

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

11“I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

12“This is my command: Love one another as I have loved you.

13No one has greater love than this: to lay down his life for his friends.

14You are my friends if you do what I command you.

15I do not call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn’t know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from my Father.