| 2:3 |
If we do, "we have come to know him [Jesus]". |
| 2:4 |
If we do not and say "I know him [God]", we are a liar. |
| 2:5 |
If we obey His word, "God's love is truly made complete in" us. |
| 2:7-8, 10 |
The old command which we have heard and have had from the beginning, is yet also a new command whose truth is in God and us. It is to love our brother [fellow Christian]. |
| 3:22 |
If we do, we "receive from him [God] anything we ask". |
| 3:23 |
"And this is his command: to believe in the name of his son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another" |
| 3:24 |
If we do, we "live in him [God], and he in" us. |
| 4:21 |
"And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother." |
| 5:2 |
If we do, "we love the children of God". |
| 5:3 |
If we do, we have "love for God". |
| 5:3-4 |
"his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God has overcome the world." |
