⁵ but whoever ^(A)follows His word, in him the ^(B)love of God has truly been perfected. ^(C)By this we know that we are in Him: ⁶ the one who says that he ^(D)remains in Him ^(E)ought, himself also, walk just as He walked.

^7 (F)Beloved, I am ^(G)not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had ^(H)from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.