Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments.

The one who says he resides in God ought himself to walk just as Jesus walked.

And now, little children, remain in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink away from him in shame when he comes back.

Everyone who resides in him does not sin; everyone who sins has neither seen him nor known him.

and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.

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

not like Cain who was of the evil one and brutally murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, but his brother’s were righteous.

But whoever has the world’s possessions and sees his fellow Christian in need and shuts off his compassion against him, how can the love of God reside in such a person?

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.

The one who loves his fellow Christian resides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world’s perspective and the world listens to them.

If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is not in us.

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.

But whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him.

Everyone who hates his fellow Christian is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.

If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides in him and he in God.

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

For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments do not weigh us down,

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

I am writing to you, little children, that your sins have been forgiven because of his name.