They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. However, they went out so that it might be made clear that none of them belongs to us.

And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.

You know that He was revealed so that He might take away sins, and there is no sin in Him.

This is how God’s children—and the Devil’s children—are made evident.

Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother.

God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent His One and Only Son into the world so that we might live through Him.

(The one who believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him. The one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony God has given about His Son.)