⁶ And this is love:^(A) that we walk in obedience to his commands.^(B) As you have heard from the beginning,^(C) his command is that you walk in love.

⁷ I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ^(D) as coming in the flesh,^(E) have gone out into the world.^(F) Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.^{(G) 8} Watch out that you do not lose what we^[a] have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.^(H)