^2 (A)By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.

^34 (A)A new commandment ^(B)I give to you, ^(C)that you love one another: ^(D)just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. ^35 (E)By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

⁵ but whoever ^(A)keeps his word, in him truly ^(B)the love of God is perfected. ^(C)By this we may know that we are in him:

²¹ And ^(A)this commandment we have from him: ^(B)whoever loves God must also love his brother.

²² and ^(A)whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and ^(B)do what pleases him. ²³ And this is his commandment, ^(C)that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and ^(D)love one another, ^(E)just as he has commanded us. ^24 (F)Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God,^[a] and God^[b] in him. And ^(G)by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.

¹⁷ These things I command you, ^(A)so that you will love one another.