^24 (A)Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God,^[a] and God^[b] in him. And ^(B)by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.

^16 (A)Do you not know that you^[a] are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?

^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.

^13 (C)By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

^15 (A)Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. ¹⁶ So ^(B)we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. ^(C)God is love, and ^(D)whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

¹⁹ Or ^(A)do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? ^(B)You are not your own,

God Is Love

⁷ Beloved, ^(A)let us love one another, for love is from God, and ^(B)whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

²² and ^(A)whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and ^(B)do what pleases him.

¹⁴ By the Holy Spirit ^(A)who dwells within us, guard ^(B)the good deposit entrusted to you.

^21 (A)that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that ^(B)they also may be in ^(C)us, so that the world ^(D)may believe that you have sent me.