⁹ Now concerning ^(A)brotherly love ^(B)you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been ^(C)taught by God ^(D)to love one another,

Love One Another

¹¹ For ^(A)this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, ^(B)that we should love one another.

^10 (A)Love one another with brotherly affection. ^(B)Outdo one another in showing honor.

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.

Sacrifices Pleasing to God

13 Let ^(A)brotherly love continue.

^34 (A)A new commandment ^(B)I give to you, ^(C)that you love one another: ^(D)just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. ^35 (E)By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

²¹ And ^(A)this commandment we have from him: ^(B)whoever loves God must also love his brother.

Overcoming the World

5 ^(C)Everyone who believes that ^(D)Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and ^(E)everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.

The Day of the Lord

5 Now concerning ^(A)the times and the seasons, brothers,^{[a] (B)}you have no need to have anything written to you.

²⁰ But you have been ^(A)anointed by ^(B)the Holy One, and ^(C)you all have knowledge.^{[a] 21} I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth. ²² Who is the liar but ^(D)he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is ^(E)the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. ^23 (F)No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. ²⁴ Let ^(G)what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then ^(H)you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. ²⁵ And this is the promise that he made to us^[b]—^(I)eternal life.

²⁶ I write these things to you about ^(J)those who are trying to deceive you. ²⁷ But ^(K)the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and ^(L)you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and ^(M)is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.