2 He is the payment for our sins, and not only for our sins, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3 We are sure that we know Christ if we obey his commandments.
4 The person who says, “I know him,” but doesn’t obey his commandments is a liar. The truth isn’t in that person.
5 But whoever obeys what Christ says is the kind of person in whom God’s love is perfected. That’s how we know we are in Christ.
6 Those who say that they live in him must live the same way he lived.
THE MESSAGE TRANSLATION
2-3 Here’s how we can be sure that we know God in the right way: Keep his commandments.
4-6 If someone claims, “I know him well!” but doesn’t keep his commandments, he’s obviously a liar. His life doesn’t match his words. But the one who keeps God’s word is the person in whom we see God’s mature love. This is the only way to be sure we’re in God. Anyone who claims to be intimate with God ought to live the same kind of life Jesus lived.
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