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

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.

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 love the children of God: whenever we love God and obey his commandments.

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

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.