John 15:9-13

⁹Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love. ¹⁰If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father`s commandments, and abide in his love. ¹¹These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and [that] your joy may be made full. ¹²This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. ¹³Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.