1 John 2:5-7

Contemporary English Version

⁵ We truly love God only when we obey him as we should, and then we know we belong to him. ⁶ If we say we are his, we must follow the example of Christ.

The New Commandment

^7 (A) My dear friends, I am not writing to give you a new commandment. It is the same one you were first given, and it is the message you heard.