As we know Jesus better, his divine power gives us everything we need for living a godly life. He has called us to receive his own glory and goodness!

The one who existed from the beginning is the one we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is Jesus Christ, the Word of life.

We know what real love is because Christ gave up his life for us. And so we also ought to give up our lives for our Christian brothers and sisters.

And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

I write this to you who believe in the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life.

And we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God. And now we are in God because we are in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life.

So whoever has God's Son has life; whoever does not have his Son does not have life.

But if anyone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need and refuses to help—how can God's love be in that person?

Those who have been born into God's family do not sin, because God's life is in them. So they can't keep on sinning, because they have been born of God.

For the world offers only the lust for physical pleasure, the lust for everything we see, and pride in our possessions. These are not from the Father. They are from this evil world.