⁶ No one who remains in Him ^(A)sins continually; no one who sins continually has seen Him or ^[a](B)knows Him. ^7 (C)Little children, make sure no one ^(D)deceives you; ^(E)the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; ⁸ the one who practices sin is ^(F)of the devil; for the devil ^[b]has been sinning from the beginning. ^(G)The Son of God ^(H)appeared for this purpose, ^(I)to destroy the works of the devil.

¹⁰ By this the ^(A)children of God and the ^(B)children of the devil are obvious: ^[a]anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who ^(C)does not love his ^(D)brother and sister.

¹⁶ Do you not ^(A)know that the one to whom you present yourselves as ^(B)slaves for obedience, you are slaves of that same one whom you obey, either of ^(C)sin ^[a]resulting in death, or of obedience ^[b]resulting in righteousness?