4. You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
5. They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world’s perspective and the world listens to them.
6. We are from God; the person who knows God listens to us, but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.
7. Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.
8. The person who does not love does not know God, because God is love.