“[Jesus said,] ‘As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my...

“Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.” (1 John 4:8, NRSV) “We love because he first loved us. Those who say, ‘I love...

“I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for...