1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Messiah is a child of God; and whoever loves a father loves his child also.
2 This is how we know that we love God's children: it is by loving God and obeying his commands.
3 For our love for God means that we obey his commands. And his commands are not too hard for us,
4 because every child of God is able to defeat the world. And we win the victory over the world by means of our faith.