Translations:TC 1: How you can be sure you are a Christian/38/en

“And how can we be sure that we belong to him?” the apostle John asks, then answer, “By looking within ourselves: are we really trying to do what he wants us to? Someone may say, ‘I am a Christian; I am on my way to heaven; I belong to Christ.’ But if he doesn’t do what Christ tells him to, he is a liar. But those who do what Christ tells them to will learn to love God more and more. That is the way to know whether or not you are a Christian. Anyone who says he is a Christian should live as Christ did” (1 John 2: 3-6, TLB, italics ours).