³⁵ By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”^(A)

⁵ But if anyone obeys his word,^(A) love for God^[a] is truly made complete in them.^(B) This is how we know^(C) we are in him:

¹⁹ This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence:

²⁴ The one who keeps God’s commands^(A) lives in him,^(B) and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.^(C)

² This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh^(A) is from God,^(B)

⁶ We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us.^(A) This is how we recognize the Spirit^[a] of truth^(B) and the spirit of falsehood.^(C)

¹³ This is how we know^(A) that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.^(B)

² This is how we know^(A) that we love the children of God:^(B) by loving God and carrying out his commands.