13I have put these things in writing for you who have faith in the name of the Son of God, so that you may be certain that you have eternal life.
14And we are certain that if we make any request to him which is right in his eyes, he will give ear to us:
15And if we are certain that he gives ear to all our requests, we are equally certain that we will get our requests.
16If a man sees his brother doing a sin which is not bad enough for death, let him make a prayer to God, and God will give life to him whose sin was not bad enough for death. There is a sin whose punishment is death: I do not say that he may make such a request then.
17All evil-doing is sin: but death is not the punishment for every sort of sin.
18We are certain that one who is a child of God will do no sin, but the Son of God keeps him so that he is not touched by the Evil One.
19We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One.
