² and ^(A)the life was revealed, and we have ^(B)seen and ^(C)testify and proclaim to you ^(D)the eternal life, which was ^(E)with the Father and was ^(F)revealed to us—

The Promise Is Eternal Life

^25 (A)This is the promise which He Himself ^[a]made to us: eternal life.

¹⁵ Everyone who ^(A)hates his brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that ^(B)no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.

¹¹ And the testimony is this, that God has given us ^(A)eternal life, and ^(B)this life is in His Son. ^12 (C)The one who has the Son has the life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.

This Is Written That You May Know

^13 (D)These things I have written to you who ^(E)believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have ^(F)eternal life.

²⁰ And ^(A)we know that ^(B)the Son of God has come, and has ^(C)given us understanding so that we may know ^(D)Him who is true; and we ^(E)are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. ^(F)This is the true God and ^(G)eternal life.