“If you obey my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.”
— John 15:10
Abide in me and bear love. Similar to abide in me and bear fruit. Fruit is love in this passage, not all sorts of good works.
Abide is not only found in John 15. I think first mention is John 6, where four or five phrases relate activities to various rewards: looking upon seeing, believing, following, eating Jesus’ flesh —- eternal life, food that never perishes, raised at last day, etc. Therefore, abiding is not something that only happens in succession but for John is a package deal. Abiding/remaining = believing in our terms = following.
Fruit = obey commandments, but in John 15 Jesus gives the command. “New command” is to love.
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