The trustworthy testimony of John and the Apostles (v13-15).

1. They have fellowship with God because he gave them His Spirit (13).

2. They have seen and told others the truth about the Father and the truth about His Son (14).

3. His hope was that all respond by faith so they too can have fellowship with God (15)

The trustworthy conclusion of John and the Apostles (v16)

1. We all have come to personally experience God's love for us (v16a)

2. We all realize that God is love (v16b).

3. When we all live in love we are living also in God and God is living in us (v16c).

How does this affect us today in our relationship with God and then with each other (v17-21).

1. It gives us confidence on judgement day (v17).

2. It casts all fear of God's judgement out of our lives because fear involves punishment (v18).

3. Since God will not judge or punish us on judgement day we love each other as he loved us. (v19-21).