1 My children, I am writing this so that you won't sin. But if you do sin, Jesus Christ always does the right thing, and he will speak to the Father for us.
2 Christ is the sacrifice that takes away our sins and the sins of all the world's people.
3 When we obey God, we are sure that we know him.
4 But if we claim to know him and don't obey him, we are lying and the truth isn't in our hearts.
5 We truly love God only when we obey him as we should, and then we know that we belong to him.
6 If we say we are his, we must follow the example of Christ.