Yet I am writing you a new command, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he’s going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

I am writing to you, little children,
because your sins have been forgiven
because of Jesus’ name.

I am writing to you, fathers,
because you have come to know
the One who is from the beginning.
I am writing to you, young men,
because you have had victory over the evil one.

I have written to you, children,
because you have come to know the Father.
I have written to you, fathers,
because you have come to know
the One who is from the beginning.
I have written to you, young men,
because you are strong,
God’s word remains in you,
and you have had victory over the evil one.

I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie comes from the truth.

Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him because we will see Him as He is.

Everyone who has been born of God does not sin, because His seed remains in him; he is not able to sin, because he has been born of God.

unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.

even if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience, and He knows all things.

and can receive whatever we ask from Him because we keep His commands and do what is pleasing in His sight.

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

There is no fear in love; instead, perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. So the one who fears has not reached perfection in love.

We love because He first loved us.

because whatever has been born of God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith.

Jesus Christ—He is the One who came by water and blood, not by water only, but by water and by blood. And the Spirit is the One who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

If we accept the testimony of men, God’s testimony is greater, because it is God’s testimony that He has given about His Son.

(The one who believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him. The one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony God has given about His Son.)