And yet it is a new command I am writing to you ??realized in him and also in yourselves, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

My dear children, I am writing to you, because your sins are forgiven for his sake:

fathers, I am writing to you, because you know him who is from the very beginning: young men, I am writing to you, because you have conquered the evil One. Children, I have written to you, because you know the Father:

fathers, I have written to you, because you know him who is from the very beginning: young men, I have written to you, because you are strong, and the word of God remains within you, and you have conquered the evil One.

I am not writing to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and know that no lie has any connexion with the truth.

'Born of him!' Think what a love the Father has for us, in letting us be called 'children of God!' That is what we are. The world does not recognize us? That is simply because it did not recognize him.

Anyone who is born of God does not commit sin, for the offspring of God remain in Him, and they cannot sin, because they are born of God.

we are not to be like Cain, who belonged to the evil One and slew his brother. And why did he slay him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's just.

We know we have crossed from death to life, because we love the brotherhood; he who has no love [for his brother] remains in death.

and we get from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commands and do what is pleasing in his sight.

This is how we may be sure we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us a share in his own Spirit;

We love, because He loved us first.