JOHN 15.9-10

According as the Father loved Me, I also loved you, remain in My love; if you may keep My commands, you will remain in My love, according as I have kept the commands of My Father, and remain in His love;

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LUKE 8.15

And that in the good ground: these are they who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, retain [it], and bear fruit in continuance.

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ROMANS 6.6

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with [Him], that the body of sin may be made useless, for our no longer serving sin,

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JUDGES 16.17

that he declares all his heart to her, and says to her, “A razor has not gone up on my head, for I [am] a Nazarite to God from the womb of my mother; if I have been shaven, then my power has turned aside from me, and I have been weak, and have been as all of mankind.”