All people will know that you are my followers if you love each other.”
Father, I pray that they can be one. As you are in me and I am in you, I pray that they can also be one in us. Then the world will believe that you sent me.
Whoever loves a brother or sister lives in the light and will not cause anyone to stumble in his faith.
But if someone obeys God’s teaching, then in that person God’s love has truly reached its goal. This is how we can be sure we are living in God:
And now, dear lady, this is not a new command but is the same command we have had from the beginning. I ask you that we all love each other.