And this is the testimony: God<n id="1" /> has given us eternal life,<n id="2" /> and this life is in his Son.

<t /><p class="bodytext">For<n id="1" /> this is the gospel<n id="2" /> message<n id="3" /> that you have heard from the beginning: that we should love one another,<n id="4" />

Now this<n id="1" /> is the promise that he<n id="2" /> himself made to<n id="3" /> us: eternal life.<n id="4" />

And everyone who has this hope focused<n id="1" /> on him purifies<n id="2" /> himself, just as Jesus<n id="3" /> is pure).<n id="4" />p>

And the commandment we have from him is this: that<n id="1" /> the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian<n id="2" /> too.

For<n id="1" /> this is the love of God:<n id="2" /> that we keep his commandments.<n id="3" /> And his commandments do not weigh us down,

<p class="bodytext">And this is the confidence that we have before him: that<n id="1" /> whenever<n id="2" /> we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> this is the gospel<n id="2" /> message<n id="3" /> we have heard from him<n id="4" /> and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.<n id="5" />

Who is the liar but the person who denies that Jesus is the Christ<n id="1" />? This one is the antichrist: the person who denies the Father and the Son.

Now<n id="1" /> this is his commandment:<n id="2" /> that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave<n id="3" /> us the commandment.

because<n id="1" /> everyone<n id="2" /> who has been fathered by God<n id="3" /> conquers<n id="4" /> the world.<n id="5" />p><t /><p class="bodytext">This<n id="6" /> is the conquering power<n id="7" /> that has conquered<n id="8" /> the world: our faith.

<p class="bodytext">If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because<n id="1" /> this<n id="2" /> is the testimony of God that<n id="3" /> he has testified concerning his Son.

Jesus Christ is the one who came by water and blood &#8211; not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because<n id="1" /> the Spirit is the truth.

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us insight to know<n id="1" /> him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one<n id="2" /> is the true God and eternal life.