³⁶ Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life,^(A) but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.

² The life appeared;^(A) we have seen it and testify to it,^(B) and we proclaim to you the eternal life,^(C) which was with the Father and has appeared to us.

²⁵ And this is what he promised us—eternal life.^(A)

⁹ This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son^(A) into the world that we might live through him.^(B)

Concluding Affirmations

¹³ I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God^(A) so that you may know that you have eternal life.^(B)

²⁰ We know also that the Son of God has come^(A) and has given us understanding,^(B) so that we may know him who is true.^(C) And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.^(D)