⁴ Whoever says, “I have come to know him,” but does not obey his commandments is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist;

⁶ If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true;

Faith without Works Is Dead

¹⁴ What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Surely that faith cannot save, can it?^{(A) 15} If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food^{(B) 16} and one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that?

¹⁶ They profess to know God, but they deny him by their actions; they are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.^(A)

⁸ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

²⁰ Those who say, “I love God,” and hate a brother or sister are liars, for those who do not love a brother or sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.^(A)

⁹ Whoever says, “I am in the light,” while hating a brother or sister, is still in the darkness.^(A)

¹⁰ If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.^(A)