And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does God’s will remains forever.

What you have heard from the beginning must remain in you. If what you have heard from the beginning remains in you, then you will remain in the Son and in the Father.

Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him because we will see Him as He is.

This is how we will know we belong to the truth and will convince our conscience in His presence,

Now this is the confidence we have before Him: Whenever we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin that does not bring death, he should ask, and God will give life to him—to those who commit sin that doesn’t bring death. There is sin that brings death. I am not saying he should pray about that.