Acts 2:38, ‘And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptised every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.’ ESV.
1 John 3:4, ‘Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.’ King James Version.
Ezekiel 18:21, ‘“But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes [laws]and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.”’ESV…..
1 John 2:3-4, ‘And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.‘ Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him,’
1 John 5:3, ‘For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.’
Mark 12:30-31,“And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Romans 13:10, ‘If you love others, you will never do them wrong; to love, then, is to obey the whole Law.’ Good news Translation.
Acts 2:38, ‘And Peter said to them, “Repent and bebaptised every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.’
1John 3:24, ‘Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.’
Acts 5:32, “And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”
Romans 2:13, ‘For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.’
John 14:17, ‘even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him.You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.’
1 Peter 2:21, ‘For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.’
Revelation 22:12,14,“And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.” King James translation.
Matthew 7:22,23. ‘On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
Matthew 7:13-14, ‘“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
Emphasis throughout by editor.