12. And so, if we have God's Son, we have this life. But if we don't have the Son, we don't have this life.
13. All of you have faith in the Son of God, and I have written to let you know that you have eternal life.
14. We are certain that God will hear our prayers when we ask for what pleases him.
15. And if we know that God listens when we pray, we are sure that our prayers have already been answered.
16. Suppose you see one of our people commit a sin that isn't a deadly sin. You can pray, and that person will be given eternal life. But the sin must not be one that is deadly.
17. Everything that is wrong is sin, but not all sins are deadly.
18. We are sure that God's children do not keep on sinning. God's own Son protects them, and the devil cannot harm them.
19. We are certain that we come from God and that the rest of the world is under the power of the devil.
20. We know that Jesus Christ the Son of God has come and has shown us the true God. And because of Jesus, we now belong to the true God who gives eternal life.
21. Children, you must stay away from idols.