What was from the beginning,
what we have heard,
what we have seen with our eyes,
what we have observed
and have touched with our hands,
concerning the Word of life—

what we have seen and heard
we also declare to you,
so that you may have fellowship along with us;
and indeed our fellowship is with the Father
and with His Son Jesus Christ.

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.

If you know that He is righteous, you know this as well: Everyone who does what is right has been born of Him.

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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.

Little children, let no one deceive you! The one who does what is right is righteous, just as He is righteous.

This is how God’s children—and the Devil’s children—are made evident.

Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother.

and can receive whatever we ask from Him because we keep His commands and do what is pleasing in His sight.

They are from the world. Therefore what they say is from the world, and the world listens to them.

For this is what love for God is: to keep His commands. Now His commands are not a burden,

And if we know that He hears whatever we ask, we know that we have what we have asked Him for.