Deut 7:9
“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.”
1 John 5:2
“By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. For this is the love of God that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.”
1 John 4: 7-8 and 16
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.”
“And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.”
