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:

¹⁴ And above all these put on ^(A)love, which ^(B)binds everything together in ^(C)perfect harmony.

^12 (A)No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and ^(B)his love is perfected in us.

¹⁷ By this ^(A)is love perfected with us, so that ^(B)we may have confidence for the day of judgement, because ^(C)as he is so also are we in this world.