John 15:9-15

9I have loved you in the same way that the Father has loved me. Continue to live in a way that shows my love.

10If you obey what I have told you, you will be living in my love. In the same way, I have obeyed what my Father has told me to do. In that way, I live in his love.

11I want you to be completely happy, in the same way that I myself am happy. That is why I have told you these things.

12This is the rule that I give to you: You must love each other, in the same way that I have loved you.

13A person really loves his friends if he dies so that they can live. Nobody could love anyone more than that.

14And you are my friends, if you obey my message.

15A servant does not know what his master is doing. So I do not call you servants any more. No, I call you my friends. This is because I have told you everything that I have heard from my Father.