Study Desk

By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.

The one who says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

but whoever follows His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him:

The one who says that he is in the Light and yet hates his brother or sister is in the darkness until now.

The one who loves his brother and sister remains in the Light, and there is nothing in him to cause stumbling.

But the one who hates his brother or sister is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you on account of His name.

And as for you, the anointing which you received from Him remains in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you remain in Him.

Now, little children, remain in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not draw back from Him in shame at His coming.

No one who has been born of God practices sin, because His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin continually, because he has been born of God.

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother and sister.

not as Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And for what reason did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil, but his brother's were righteous.

Everyone who hates his brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.

We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters.

But whoever has worldly goods and sees his brother or sister in need, and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God remain in him?

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

This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.

The one who keeps His commandments remains in Him, and He in him. We know by this that He remains in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.

By this the love of God was revealed in us, that God has sent His only Son into the world so that we may live through Him.

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.