But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in him:

I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

I wrote to you, little children, because you have known the Father. I wrote to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God! And so we are! The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

By this it may be seen who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not do right is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

By this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

They are of the world and therefore speak as of the world, and the world listens to them.

We are of God. Whoever knows God listens to us; he who is not of God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

In this love is perfected among us, that we may have confidence for the Day of Judgment, because as he is so are we in this world.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.

There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

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