1. My children, I am writing this so that you won't sin. But if you do sin, Jesus Christ always does the right thing, and he will speak to the Father for us.
2. Christ is the sacrifice that takes away our sins and the sins of all the world's people.
3. When we obey God, we are sure that we know him.
4. But if we claim to know him and don't obey him, we are lying and the truth isn't in our hearts.
5. We truly love God only when we obey him as we should, and then we know that we belong to him.
6. If we say we are his, we must follow the example of Christ.