If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.

If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.

The man who says, I have knowledge of him, and does not keep his laws, is false, and there is nothing true in him:

Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out.

I have not sent you this letter because you have no knowledge of what is true, but because you have knowledge, and because that which is false has nothing in common with that which is true.

I am writing these things to you about those whose purpose is that you may be turned out of the true way.

As for you, the Spirit which he gave you is still in you, and you have no need of any teacher; but as his Spirit gives you teaching about all things, and is true and not false, so keep your hearts in him, through the teaching which he has given you.

My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;

In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,

We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.

There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.

And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is true.

If we take the witness of men to be true, the witness of God is greater: because this is the witness which God has given about his Son.

And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.