1 John 2:3-6
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
3 Now by this we may be sure that we know him, if we obey his commandments. 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; 5 but whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has reached perfection. By this we may be sure that we are in him: 6 whoever says, ‘I abide in him’, ought to walk just as he walked.
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1 John 4:17
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgement, because as he is, so are we in this world.
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