1 John 2:1

2:1 (My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One,

1 John 2:4

2:4 The one who says “I have come to know God” and yet does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in such a person.

1 John 4:2

4:2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses Jesus as the Christ who has come in the flesh is from God,

1 John 4:13

4:13 By this we know that we reside in God and he in us: in that he has given us of his Spirit.

1 John 4:21

4:21 And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too.

1 John 5:2-3

5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and obey his commandments. 5:3 For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments do not weigh us down,

1 John 5:13-14

Assurance of Eternal Life

5:13 I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

5:14 And this is the confidence that we have before him: that whenever we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.