But whoever keeps His Word, truly in this one the love of God is perfected. By this we know that we are in Him.

I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for His name's sake.

I write to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the Word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be. But we know that when He shall be revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the Devil: everyone not practicing righteousness is not of God, also he who does not love his brother.

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

And whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.

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

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

They are of the world, therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

We are of God. He who knows God hears us. The one who is not of God does not hear us. From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

In this is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, that as He is, so also we are in this world.

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome.

For there are three that bear witness {\I in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one.

And there are three that bear witness on the earth:} the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the three are into the one.

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

And we know that the Son of God has come, and He has given us an understanding so that we may know Him who is true. And we are in Him that is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and the everlasting life.