but if we live and move within the light, as he is within the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from every sin.

My dear children, I am writing this to you that you may not sin; but if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father in Jesus Christ the just;

he is himself the propitiation for our sins, though not for ours alone but also for the whole world.

He who says, 'I know him,' but does not obey his commands, is a liar and the truth is not in him;

but whoever obeys his word, in him love to God is really complete. This is how we may be sure we are in him:

Beloved, I am not writing you any new command, but an old command which you have had from the very beginning: the old command is the word you have heard.

but he who hates his brother is in darkness, he walks in darkness and does not know where he is going, for the darkness has blinded his eyes.

For all that is in the world, the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the proud glory of life, belongs not to the Father but to the world;

Children, it is the last hour. You have learned that 'Antichrist is coming.' Well, but many antichrists have appeared ??which makes us sure it is the last hour.

They withdrew from us, but they did not belong to us; had they belonged to us, they would have remained with us, but they withdrew to make it plain that they are none of us.

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.

Who is the real liar? who but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is 'antichrist,' he who disowns the Father and the Son.

but the unction you received from him remains within you, and you really need no teaching from anyone; simply remain in him, for his unction teaches you about everything and is true and is no lie ??remain in him, as it has taught you to do.

We are children of God now, beloved; what we are to be is not apparent yet, but we do know that when he appears, we are to be like him ??for we are to see him as he is.

But whoever possesses this world's goods, and notices his brother in need, and shuts his heart against him, how can love to God remain in him?

My dear children, let us put our love not into words or into talk but into deeds, and make it real.

Do not believe every spirit, beloved, but test the spirits to see if they come from God; for many false prophets have emerged in the world.

Love lies in this, not in our love for him but in his love for us ??in the sending of his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

God no one has ever seen; but if we love one another, then God remains within us, and love for him is complete in us.

Who is the world's conqueror but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

Jesus Christ, he it is who came by water, blood, and Spirit ??not by the water alone, but by the water and the blood.

All iniquity is sin, but there are sins which are not deadly.