DECEMBER 16 - morning

Having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. — 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. — A new command-ment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. — Christ ... loved the church, and gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word. JOHN 13:1. John 17:9,10,15,16. John 15:9. ‑John 15:13,14. ‑John 13:34. Phi. 1:6. ‑Eph. 5:25,26.