*1.* “And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God.” *2* “No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.” *3* “You are my friends if you do what I command you.” *4* “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.”