And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love. | So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. |
All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit that he has given us. | Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us. |
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And the world and its desire are passing away, but those who do the will of God live forever. | And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. |
I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. | I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. |
You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God. | Since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God. |
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but must endure God's wrath. | Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. |
As for you, the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and so you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, abide in him. | But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him. |
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. | If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. |
So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. | So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. |
If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. | If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. |
God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God. | Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. |
Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father. | Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. |
Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. | Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. |
By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. | By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. |
How does God's love abide in anyone who has the world's goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help? | But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? |
And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he is revealed we may have confidence and not be put to shame before him at his coming. | And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. |
You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.” | He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” |