If we say, 'We have fellowship with him,' when we live and move in darkness, then we are lying, we are not practising the truth;

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.

if we say, "We have not sinned," we make him a liar and his word is not within us.

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;

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.

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.

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.

Now, you have been anointed by the holy One, and you all possess knowledge.

Remain within him now, my dear children, so that when he appears we may have confidence, instead of shrinking from him in shame at his arrival.

For this is the message you have learned from the very beginning, that we are to love one another:

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.

If our heart does not condemn us, beloved, then we have confidence in approaching God,

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.

My dear children, you belong to God, and you have conquered all such, for He who is within you is greater than he who is in the world.

and we have seen, we can testify, that the Father has sent the Son as the Saviour of the world.

well, we do know, we have believed, the love God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

Love is complete with us when we have absolute confidence about the day of judgment, since in this world we are living as He lives.

I have written in this way to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may be sure you have life eternal.

Now the confidence we have in him is this, that he listens to us whenever we ask anything in accordance with his will;

and if we know he listens to whatever we ask, we know we obtain the requests we have made to him.