⁵ But if anyone obeys his word,^(A) love for God^[a] is truly made complete in them.^(B) This is how we know^(C) we are in him:

¹⁴ And over all these virtues put on love,^(A) which binds them all together in perfect unity.^(B)

¹² No one has ever seen God;^(A) but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.^(B)

¹⁷ This is how love is made complete^(A) among us so that we will have confidence^(B) on the day of judgment:^(C) In this world we are like Jesus.