And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

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

And the person who keeps his commandments resides in God, and God in him. Now by this we know that God resides in us: by the Spirit he has given us.

(See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God’s children – and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us insight to know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.

(The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning his Son.)

If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son.

Nevertheless you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know.

For this is the gospel message that you have heard from the beginning: that we should love one another,

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

Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

Children, it is the last hour, and just as you heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. We know from this that it is the last hour.

Now as for you, the anointing that you received from him resides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, it is true and is not a lie. Just as it has taught you, you reside in him.