⁶ No one who remains in Him ^(A)sins continually; no one who sins continually has seen Him or ^[a](B)knows Him.

^16 (A)They profess to know God, but by their deeds they ^(B)deny Him, being ^(C)detestable and ^(D)disobedient and ^(E)worthless ^(F)for any good deed.

¹⁹ because ^(A)that which is known about God is evident ^[a]within them; for God made it evident to them.

⁸ But what does it say? “^(A)The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching,

^27 (A)All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father ^(B)except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son determines to reveal Him.

Testimony of the Father

³⁷ And the Father who sent Me, ^(A)He has testified about Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.

^14 (A)I am the good shepherd, and ^(B)I know My own, and My own know Me, ¹⁵ just as ^(C)the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and ^(D)I lay down My life for the sheep.