1. Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves the one born of the Father.
2. By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.
3. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
4. for whoever is born of God overcomes the world, and the victory that overcomes the world is our faith.
5. Who is it that overcomes the world, but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
6. This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. It is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is the truth.