²² Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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: