I John 3:1-3, 5, 9, 11, 16, 18

Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin.

Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.

For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another

By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.