4. Children, you belong to God, and you have defeated these enemies. God's Spirit is in you and is more powerful than the one that is in the world.
5. These enemies belong to this world, and the world listens to them, because they speak its language.
6. We belong to God, and everyone who knows God will listen to us. But the people who don't know God won't listen to us. That is how we can tell the Spirit that speaks the truth from the one that tells lies.
7. My dear friends, we must love each other. Love comes from God, and when we love each other, it shows that we have been given new life. We are now God's children, and we know him.
8. God is love, and anyone who doesn't love others has never known him.
9. God showed his love for us when he sent his only Son into the world to give us life.
10. Real love isn't our love for God, but his love for us. God sent his Son to be the sacrifice by which our sins are forgiven.
11. Dear friends, since God loved us this much, we must love each other.
12. No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is truly in our hearts.
13. God has given us his Spirit. That is how we know that we are one with him, just as he is one with us.
14. God sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world. We saw his Son and are now telling others about him.