And we are writing all this to you that our joy may be complete.

And by this we know that we have learned to know him--by our laying his commands to heart.

but, whenever a man lays his Message to heart, in that man the love of God has indeed reached its perfection. By this we know that we are in union with God--

And this is what he himself promised us--The Immortal Life!

And every one who has this hope with regard to Christ tries to make himself pure--as Christ is pure.

He who lives sinfully belongs to the Devil, for the Devil has sinned from the first. It was for this that the Son of God appeared, that he might undo the Devil's work.

By this the Children of God are distinguished from the Children of the Devil--No one who lives unrighteously comes from God, and especially the man who does not love his Brother.

We have learned to know what love is from this--that Christ laid down his life on our behalf. Therefore we also ought to lay down our lives on behalf of our Brothers.

His Command is this--that we should put our trust in the Name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, in accordance with the Command that he gave us.

And he who lays his commands to heart maintains union with Christ, and Christ with him. And by this we know that Christ maintains union with us--by our possession of the Spirit which he gave us.

This is the way by which to know the inspiration of God--All inspiration that acknowledges Jesus Christ as come in our human nature is from God;

His love is seen in this--not in our having loved God, but in his loving us and sending his Son to be an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

We know that we remain in union with him, and he with us, by this--by his having given us some measure of his Spirit.

It is through this that love has attained its perfection in us, so that we may have confidence on the Day of Judgment, because what Christ is that we also are in this world.

Indeed, we have this Command from God-- 'He who loves God must also love his Brother.'

By this we know that we love God's Children--when we love God and carry out his commands.

because all that has received the new Life from God conquers the world. And this is the power that has conquered the world--our faith!

And that testimony is that God gave us Immortal Life, and that this Life is in his Son.

I write this to you, that you may realize that you have found Immortal Life--you who believe in the Name of the Son of God.

And this is the confidence with which we approach him, that whenever we ask anything that is in accordance with his will, he listens to us.