¹² This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

³ This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.

⁴ One who says, "I know him," and doesn't keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn't in him.

⁵ But whoever keeps his word, God's love has most certainly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him: