⁵ But if anyone obeys his word,^(A) love for God^[a] is truly made complete in them.^(B) This is how we know^(C) we are in him:

²⁴ The one who keeps God’s commands^(A) lives in him,^(B) and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.^(C)

¹³ This is how we know^(A) that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.^(B)

² This is how we know^(A) that we love the children of God:^(B) by loving God and carrying out his commands.