John 15:9-15

9“Just as the Father has loved me, I have also loved you; remain in my love.

10If you obey my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

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

12My commandment is this – to love one another just as I have loved you.

13No one has greater love than this – that one lays down his life for his friends.

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

15I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father.