They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me; and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them — love is proven through obedience; those who claim to love Jesus but do not keep his commandments deceive themselves. Yet obedience is not servile but flowing from love, and it creates a reciprocal relationship: the disciples are loved by the Father and by Jesus himself, and to them Jesus reveals himself fully. The revelation (emphanizō—make visible, make plain) comes to those whose lives are aligned with Jesus through obedience and love.

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