Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

 (iv) There follows still another step in this closely-knit argument. A man may say, "I admit this obligation of love and I will try to fulfil it; but I do not know what it involves." John's answer ( 1 John 3:16) is: "If you want to see what this love is, look at Jesus Christ. In his death for men on the Cross it is fully displayed." In other words, the Christian life is the imitation of Christ. "Have this mind among yourselves, which you have in Christ Jesus" ( Php_2:5 ). "He left us an example that we should follow in his steps" ( 1 Peter 2:21). No man can look at Christ and then say that he does not know what the Christian life is. 