This is how we know that we love God’s children: when we love God and obey[a] his commands. For this is what love for God is: to keep his commands. And his commands are not a burden,(A) because everyone who has been born of God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith.

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By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome, because everyone who is fathered by God conquers the world.

God Has Given Us Eternal Life in the Son

And this is the victory which has conquered the world: our faith.

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