Whoever believes that Jesus is the Messiah is a child of God; and whoever loves a father loves his child also.

because every child of God is able to defeat the world. And we win the victory over the world by means of our faith.

You know that Christ is righteous; you should know, then, that everyone who does what is right is God's child.

Those who are children of God do not continue to sin, for God's very nature is in them; and because God is their Father, they cannot continue to sin.

But we belong to God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever does not belong to God does not listen to us. This, then, is how we can tell the difference between the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

They did not become God's children by natural means, that is, by being born as the children of a human father; God himself was their Father.

One night he went to Jesus and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher sent by God. No one could perform the miracles you are doing unless God were with him."

"How can a grown man be born again?" Nicodemus asked. "He certainly cannot enter his mother's womb and be born a second time!"

By his own will he brought us into being through the word of truth, so that we should have first place among all his creatures.

For through the living and eternal word of God you have been born again as the children of a parent who is immortal, not mortal.

My children, keep yourselves safe from false gods!

Everyone who has this hope in Christ keeps himself pure, just as Christ is pure.

as others do; I have obeyed your command and have not followed paths of violence.

He knows that I am faultless, that I have kept myself from doing wrong.

I said, "I will be careful about what I do and will not let my tongue make me sin; I will not say anything while evil people are near."

I have avoided all evil conduct, because I want to obey your word.

Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.

Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. A branch cannot bear fruit by itself; it can do so only if it remains in the vine. In the same way you cannot bear fruit unless you remain in me.

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, then you will ask for anything you wish, and you shall have it.

I love you just as the Father loves me; remain in my love.

When he arrived and saw how God had blessed the people, he was glad and urged them all to be faithful and true to the Lord with all their hearts.

What God the Father considers to be pure and genuine religion is this: to take care of orphans and widows in their suffering and to keep oneself from being corrupted by the world.

and keep yourselves in the love of God, as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ in his mercy to give you eternal life.

To him who is able to keep you from falling and to bring you faultless and joyful before his glorious presence---

I know where you live, there where Satan has his throne. You are true to me, and you did not abandon your faith in me even during the time when Antipas, my faithful witness, was killed there where Satan lives.

I know what you do; I know that you have a little power; you have followed my teaching and have been faithful to me. I have opened a door in front of you, which no one can close.

Because you have kept my command to endure, I will also keep you safe from the time of trouble which is coming upon the world to test all the people on earth.

I write to you, fathers, because you know him who has existed from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you have defeated the Evil One.

I write to you, my children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who has existed from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you are strong; the word of God lives in you, and you have defeated the Evil One.

We must not be like Cain; he belonged to the Evil One and murdered his own brother Abel. Why did Cain murder him? Because the things he himself did were wrong, and the things his brother did were right.