³ This is good, and pleases^(A) God our Savior,^{(B) 4} who wants^(C) all people^(D) to be saved^(E) and to come to a knowledge of the truth.^{(F) 5} For there is one God^(G) and one mediator^(H) between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,^(I)

¹¹ And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,^(A) and this life is in his Son.^{(B) 12} Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.^(C)

Concluding Affirmations

¹³ I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God^(D) so that you may know that you have eternal life.^{(E) 14} This is the confidence^(F) we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.^{(G) 15} And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know^(H) that we have what we asked of him.^(I)