The one who says that he abides in him must live the same way he himself lived.

What you have heard from the beginning must abide in you. If what you have heard from the beginning abides in you, you will also abide in the Son and in the Father.

Little children, we must stop expressing love merely by our words and manner of speech; we must love also in action and in truth.

Dear friends, if this is the way God loved us, we must also love one another.

And this is the commandment that we have from him: the person who loves God must also love his brother.