Study Desk

Anyone who says, "I know Him," but does not obey His teaching is a liar. There is no truth in him.

But whoever obeys His Word has the love of God made perfect in him. This is the way to know if you belong to Christ.

Whoever says he is in the light but hates his brother is still in darkness.

But whoever loves his brother is in the light. And there will be no reason to sin because of him.

Whoever hates his brother is not in the light but lives in darkness. He does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

You know that Christ is right with God. Then you should know that everyone who is right with God is a child of His.

See what great love the Father has for us that He would call us His children. And that is what we are. For this reason the people of the world do not know who we are because they did not know Him.

No person who has become a child of God keeps on sinning. This is because the Holy Spirit is in him. He cannot keep on sinning because God is his Father.

This is the way you can know who are the children of God and who are the children of the devil. The person who does not keep on doing what is right and does not love his brother does not belong to God.

Do not be like Cain. He was a child of the devil and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? It was because he did what was sinful and his brother did what was right.

A man who hates his brother is a killer in his heart. You know that life which lasts forever is not in one who kills.

We know what love is because Christ gave His life for us. We should give our lives for our brothers.

What if a person has enough money to live on and sees his brother in need of food and clothing? If he does not help him, how can the love of God be in him?

This is what He said we must do: Put your trust in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and love each other. Christ told us to do this.

God has shown His love to us by sending His only Son into the world. God did this so we might have life through Christ.

This is love! It is not that we loved God but that He loved us. For God sent His Son to pay for our sins with His own blood.

No person has ever seen God at any time. If we love each other, God lives in us. His love is made perfect in us.

He has given us His Spirit. This is how we live by His help and He lives in us.

We have seen and are able to say that the Father sent His Son to save the world from the punishment of sin.

Love is made perfect in us when we are not ashamed as we stand before Him on the day He judges. For we know that our life in this world is His life lived in us.