but whoever keeps his word, in him truly is the love of God perfected. By this we know that we are in him.

I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven on account of his name.

I wrote to you, fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God continues in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us they would have continued with us; but [they went out from us] that they might be manifest that they are not all of us.

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be. We know, that if he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

By this are the children of God manifest, and the children of the devil; no one that does not righteousness is of God, and no one that loves not his brother.

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

and what we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things which are pleasing in his sight.

BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits whether they are of God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that is in you than he that 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 that knows God hears us, he that is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

By this is love perfected with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, that as he is we also are in this world.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous;

For there are three that testify; the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the three are one.

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

And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding that we may know the true One; and we are in the true One, in his Son Jesus Christ; this is the true God, and eternal life.