¹³ Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters,^[a] if the world hates you.^{(A) 14} We know that we have passed from death to life,^(B) because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.^{(C) 15} Anyone who hates a brother or sister^(D) is a murderer,^(E) and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.^(F)

¹⁶ This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.^(G) And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.^{(H) 17} If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them,^(I) how can the love of God be in that person?^{(J) 18} Dear children,^(K) let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.^(L)

¹⁹ This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: ²⁰ If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. ²¹ Dear friends,^(M) if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God^{(N) 22} and receive from him anything we ask,^(O) because we keep his commands^(P) and do what pleases him.^{(Q) 23} And this is his command: to believe^(R) in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,^(S) and to love one another as he commanded us.^{(T) 24} The one who keeps God’s commands^(U) lives in him,^(V) and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.^(W)