³⁸ But if I am doing them and you don’t believe me, believe the works. This way you will know and understand^[a] that the Father is in me and I in the Father.”^(A)

Christlike Love

⁹ “As the Father has loved me, I have also loved you. Remain in my love.^(A)

²¹ May they all be one,^(A) as you, Father, are in me and I am in you.^(B) May they also be^[a] in us, so that the world may believe you sent me.

Greeting

1 Paul, Silvanus,^[a](A) and Timothy:^(B)

To the church of the Thessalonians^(C) in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace to you and peace.^[b]

²³ No one who denies the Son has the Father;^(A) he who confesses the Son has the Father as well.^(B)

Remaining with God

²⁴ What you have heard from the beginning is to remain in you. If what you have heard from the beginning remains in you, then you will remain in the Son^(C) and in the Father.^(D)