2:3 Now ¹  by this we know that we have come to know God: ²  if we keep his commandments. 2:4 The one who says “I have come to know God” ³  and yet does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in such a person. 2:5 But whoever obeys his ⁴  word, truly in this person ⁵  the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him. 2:6 The one who says he resides ⁶  in God ⁷  ought himself to walk ⁸  just as Jesus ⁹  walked.