6We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.
7My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.
8He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.
9And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.
10And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.
11My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.
12No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us:
