Because He loved your fathers, He also chose you, their seed, after them, and He brought you Himself out of Egypt with His great strength,

O that there were such a heart in them, that they should fear Me, and keep My commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their sons forever!

You shall know therefore, that the Lord your God, He [is] God, a faithful God, who keeps covenant and mercy for them that love Him, and for those that keep His commandments to a thousand generations,

And I will give them another way, and another heart, to fear Me continually, and [that] for good to them and their children after them.

And I will make with them an everlasting covenant, which I will by no means turn away from them, and I will put My fear into their heart, that they may not depart from Me.

"For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call."

As regards to the gospel, [they are] enemies for your sake; but as regards to election, [they are] beloved for the sake of the fathers.

For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

"If you love Me, keep My commandments.

He that has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will manifest Myself to him."

We love Him because He first loved us.

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.