3 See what love the Father has given to us, so that we may be called children of God[1528] — and that is what we are. That is why the world does not recognize us, because they did not recognize him.  2 Beloved, we are children of God now,[1529] and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when he is revealed[1530] we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is.  3 Everyone who has that hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.
    4 Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.  5 You know that he was revealed to take away sins; there is no sin in him.  6 Whoever lives in him does not continue sinning; whoever continues in sin has not understood[1531] him or known him. 7 Little children, do not let anyone deceive you. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.  8 The one who practices sin is of the Devil, as the Devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the Devil’s works.  9 Everyone who has been fathered by God does not continue in sin, because His seed[1532] remains in him, and so he cannot continue in sin because he has been fathered by God.  10 By this the children of God and the children of the Devil are clearly revealed: everyone who does not do what is right is not of God, nor those who do not love their brothers and sisters.
    11 This is the message you have heard from the beginning: we should love one another, 12 unlike Cain, who was of the Evil One and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because he did what is evil, and his brother did what is right.
    13 So do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed over from death to life because we love the brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death. 15 Whoever hates his brother or sister is a murderer,[1533] and you know that no murderer has the life of the Age to Come in him. 16 By this we came to know love: he laid down his life for us, and so we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters. 17 But whoever has the world’s material possessions and sees his brother or sister in need, and shuts off any compassion for him, how can God’s love live in such a person? 18 Little children, let us not love with words only, but in action and truth. 19 By this we will know that we are of the truth, and we persuade our conscience before Him, 20 that if our conscience condemns us, God is greater than our conscience and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have boldness before God, 22 and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commands and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.
    23 This is His command: that we believe in the name[1534] of His Son Jesus Messiah, and love one another, just as he gave us the commandment. 24 The person who keeps His commands lives in Him, and He in him. By this we know that He lives in us: by the spirit He has given us.