"And because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their descendants after them; and He brought you out of Egypt with His Presence, with His mighty power,

'Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them and with their children forever!

"Therefore know that the LORD your God, He [is] God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;

'then I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them.

'And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me.

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

Concerning the gospel [they are] enemies for your sake, but concerning the 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 who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and 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, you should walk in it.