²² Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we ^(A)not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’

²³ And ^(A)then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; ^(B)depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

The Test of Knowing Him

³ Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.

¹⁴ We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love ^[a]his brother abides in death.

¹⁸ My little children, ^(A)let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

¹⁹ And by this we ^[a]know ^(A)that we are of the truth, and shall ^[b]assure our hearts before Him.

²¹ Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, ^(A)we have confidence toward God.

The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error

²⁴ Now ^(A)he who keeps His commandments ^(B)abides in Him, and He in him. And ^(C)by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.