John 15:12-14 ... Jesus says ... This is MY commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are MY friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
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Matthew 4:3 And when the tempter came to HIM (Jesus), he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But HE answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
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James 1:12 Blessed is the man that
endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of
life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love HIM.
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2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
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