The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error

²⁴ Now ^(A)he who keeps His commandments ^(B)abides in Him, and He in him. And ^(C)by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.

^16 (A)Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

^15 (A)Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. ¹⁶ And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and ^(B)he who abides in love abides in God, and God ^(C)in him.

¹⁴ That good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

Seeing God Through Love

^12 (A)No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. ^13 (B)By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.

^6 (A)He who says he abides in Him ^(B)ought himself also to walk just as He walked.

¹⁹ Or ^(A)do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, ^(B)and you are not your own?

Knowing God Through Love^(A)

^7 (B)Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who ^(C)loves is born of God and knows God.

^21 (A)that they all may be one, as ^(B)You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.

^21 (A)He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and ^[a]manifest Myself to him.”

^22 (B)Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?”

²³ Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, ^(C)and We will come to him and make Our home with him.