⁴ Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments ^(A)is a liar, and ^(B)the truth is not in him, ⁵ but whoever ^(C)keeps his word, in him truly ^(D)the love of God is perfected. ^(E)By this we may know that we are in him: ⁶ whoever says he ^(F)abides in him ^(G)ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

^8 (A)Anyone who does not love does not know God, because ^(B)God is love. ⁹ In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that ^(C)God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. ¹⁰ In this is love, ^(D)not that we have loved God ^(E)but that he loved us and sent his Son to be ^(F)the propitiation for our sins.