23. If we reject the Son, we reject the Father. But if we say that we accept the Son, we have the Father.
24. Keep thinking about the message you first heard, and you will always be one in your heart with the Son and with the Father.
25. The Son has promised us eternal life.
26. I am writing to warn you about those people who are misleading you.
27. But Christ has blessed you with the Holy Spirit. Now the Spirit stays in you, and you don't need any teachers. The Spirit is truthful and teaches you everything. So stay united in your heart with Christ, just as the Spirit has taught you to do.
28. Children, stay united in your hearts with Christ. Then when he returns, we will have confidence and won't have to hide in shame.
29. You know that Christ always does right and that everyone who does right is a child of God.