¹⁰ By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, ^(A)nor is the one who ^(B)does not love his brother.

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