I write to you, my children, because your sins have been forgiven you for his names sake.

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they are not all of us.

If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness hath been born of him.

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it hath not yet been manifested what we shall be. We know that, when it shall be manifested, we shall be like him; because we shall see him as he is.

Whoever hath been born of God doth not commit sin, because his seed abideth in him; and he cannot sin, because he hath been born of God.

Beloved, let us love one another; for love is from God, and every one that loveth hath been born of God, and knoweth God;

Herein hath love been perfected with us, that we have confidence in the day of judgment; because as he is, so are we in this world.

Whoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ hath been born of God; and every one that loveth him that begat, loveth also him that hath been begotten of him.

We know that whoever hath been born of God sinneth not; but he that is born of God keepeth himself, and the Evil One toucheth him not.