Passage

Believe and love one another

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

²³This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.

1 John 3:23World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The commandment joins believing in Jesus Christ with loving one another.

To understand

Keeping the commandments is linked to remaining in God and God remaining in the believer. The Spirit given to them is named as how they know he remains in them.

A question

What two actions are joined in this commandment?