No one who is a child of God commits sin, for God's nature remains in his heart, and he cannot sin, because he is a child of God.

We are God's children. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not a child of God will not listen to us. In this way we can tell what is inspired by truth from what is inspired by error.

God's love for us has been revealed in this way??hat God has sent his only Son into the world, to let us have life through him.

If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is stronger still; for the value of God's testimony lies in this, that he has testified to his Son.

We know that no child of God commits sin, but the fact that he is God's child protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.