Daily Reading for Personal Growth, 40 Days with God

2 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father – Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. ² He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

Love and hatred for fellow believers

³ We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. ⁴ Whoever says, ‘I know him,’ but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. ⁵ But if anyone obeys his word, love for God^[a] is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: ⁶ whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.