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

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.

And everyone who has this hope focused on him purifies himself, just as Jesus is pure).

And you know that Jesus was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.

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.

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

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.

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

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

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

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.

On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever it is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is.

Everyone who has been fathered by God does not practice sin, because God’s seed resides in him, and thus he is not able to sin, because he has been fathered by God.

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?

If anyone sees his fellow Christian committing a sin not resulting in death, he should ask, and God will grant life to the person who commits a sin not resulting in death. There is a sin resulting in death. I do not say that he should ask about that.

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.

And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.