And in this we know that we have known him, if we are keeping his commandments.

but whosoever shall keep his word, truly the divine love of God has been made perfect in him. In this we know that we are in him.

I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven through his name.

I have written unto you, fathers, because you have known him from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

Love not the world, nor the things that are in the world. If any one loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him:

The world and its lust are indeed passing away; but the one doing the will of God abides forever.

They came out from us, but they were not of us; for if they were of us, they would have remained with us: but in order that they might be made manifest that they are not all of us.

Let that which you heard from the beginning abide in you. If that which you heard from the beginning may abide in you, you also are abiding in the Son, and in the Father.

Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God; and we are. And on this account the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it is not yet manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he may be made manifest, we shall be like him; because we shall see him as he is.

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: every one not doing righteousness is not of God, and the one not loving his brother with divine love.

And in this we shall know that we are of the truth, and we shall assure our hearts before him;

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits if they are of God: because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

You are of God, little children, and you have conquered them; because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

They are of the world: on this account they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

We are of God: the one knowing God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. From this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

In this the divine love has been made perfect in us, that we may have boldness in the day of the judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

For this is the divine love of God, that we may keep his commandments: and his commandments are not heavy:

Because there are three who are bearing witness,

the Spirit and the water, and blood: and these three are one.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the evil one.

But we know that the Son of God has come and has given unto us intelligence, that we know the truth. And we are in the true one, in his Son Jesus Christ; he is the true God, and eternal life.