And the anointing which you received from him continues in you, and you have no need that any one should teach you; but as his anointing teaches you of all things, and is true and is not a lie, even as it has taught you, continue in him.

And now, little children, continue in him, that when he shall appear we may have boldness, and not be put to shame by him at his coming.

If you know that he is righteous, you know that every one who does righteousness has been born of him.

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God. The world therefore knows us not, because it knew him not.

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be. We know, that if he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, as he is pure.

Every one that commits sin commits also wickedness, and sin is wickedness.

And we know that he was manifested to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.

No one that continues in him sins; no one that sins has seen him, or known him.

Little children, let no one deceive you. He that does righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous;

he that commits sin is of the devil, for the devil sinned from the beginning. For this was the Son of God manifested, to destroy the works of the devil.

No one that has been born of God commits sin, for his seed continues in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.

By this are the children of God manifest, and the children of the devil; no one that does not righteousness is of God, and no one that loves not his brother.

For this is the message which you heard from the beginning; that we should love one another;

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers; he that loves not, continues in death.

Every one that hates his brother is a murderer; and we know that no murderer has eternal life continuing in him.

And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him;

And this is his commandment; that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another as he gave commandment.

And he that keeps his commandments continues in him and he in him; and by this we know that he continues in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

By this you know the Spirit of God; every spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

and every spirit which does not confess Jesus is not of God. And this is the [spirit] of anti-christ, of which you have heard that he is coming, and he is now in the world already.

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

We are of God; he that knows God hears us, he that is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and every one that loves has been born of God and knows God.

He that loves not has not known God; for God is love.

The love of God was manifested to us in this; that God has sent his only Son into the world that we may live through him.

In this is love; not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.

By this we know that we continue in him and he in us, that he has given us of his Spirit.

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

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God continues in him and he in God.

And we have known and believed the love which God has for us. God is love; and he that continues in love continues in God and God in him.

By this is love perfected with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, that as he is we also are in this world.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has pain; and he that is afraid is not made perfect in love.

If any one says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

And we have this commandment from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and every one who loves the Father loves also the Son who is born to him.

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous;

for every child that has been born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory which overcomes the world, our faith.

Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

This is he that came by water and blood, Jesus, the Christ; not by water only, but by water and by blood; and the Spirit is that which testifies, for the Spirit is the truth.

For there are three that testify; the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the three are one.

If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son.

He that believes on the Son of God has the testimony in himself; he that believes not God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony which God has testified concerning his Son.

And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

He that has the Son has the life; he that has not the Son has not the life.

These things have I written to you, that you who believe in the name of the Son of God may know that you have eternal life.

And this is the confidence which we have in respect to him, that if we ask any thing according to his will he hears us.

And if we know that he hears us whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

If any one sees his brother commit a sin, not to death, he shall ask, and he will give him life, for those who sin not to death. There is a sin to death; I say not that you should pray for it.

We know that every one who has been born of God does not sin, but he that has been born of God keeps himself, and the evil one does not touch him.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in wickedness.

And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding that we may know the true One; and we are in the true One, in his Son Jesus Christ; this is the true God, and eternal life.

I rejoiced exceedingly that I found your children walking in the truth as we received commandment from the Father.

And now I beseech you, Curia, not as if writing a new commandment to you, but [one] which we had from the beginning, that we should love one another.

And this is love, that we should walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

Take heed to yourselves, that ye lose not the labor which you performed, but receive a full reward.

Every one who goes beyond, and continues not in the doctrine of Christ, is without God. He that continues in the doctrine has both the Son and the Father.

for he that salutes him is a partaker of his evil works.

Having many things to write, I do not wish to write with paper and ink, but I hope to be with you and to speak face to face, that our joy may be full.

Beloved, I desire above all things that you may prosper and be in health, as your soul prospers.

I have no greater joy than this, that I hear of my children walking in the truth.

Beloved, you did faithfully whatever you do to the brothers, and that to strangers,

We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be co-laborers for the truth.

Beloved, do not imitate evil but good. He that does good is of God; he that does evil has not seen God.

Testimony is borne to Demetrius by all, and by the truth itself; and we also testify, and you know that our testimony is true.

But I wish to remind you, though you once knew all, that the Lord having saved his people from Egypt, afterwards destroyed those that believed not,

that they said to you, That in the last time there shall be scoffers, walking in their own impious desires.

and some save, plucking them from the fire, but have mercy on others with fear, hating even the garment that is defiled by the flesh.

And to him that is able to keep you without falling, and to present you blameless before his glory, with great joy,

Blessed is he that reads, and those that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things written in it; for the time is at hand.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first born from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him that loved us and washed us from our sins with his blood,

To the angel of the church in Ephesus write, These things says he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks,

I know your works and your labor and your patience, and that you cannot bear the wicked, and you tried those who say they are apostles and are not, and found them false;

But I have against you that you have left your first love.

But you have this, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

Let him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches; To him that conquers will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of my God.

Fear not what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried, and you shall have affliction ten days. Be faithful till death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Let him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches; He that conquers shall not be injured by the second death.

And to the angel of the church in Pergamus write, These things says he that has the two-edged sharp sword,

Let him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches; To him that conquers will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white token, and on the token a new name engraved, which no one knows but he that receives it.

And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, These things says the Son of God, he that has his eyes like a flame of fire and his feet like fine brass,

But I have against you that you allow your wife Jezebel, who says she is a prophetess and teaches and deceives my servants to commit fornication and eat things offered to idols.

And her children will I kill with pestilence, and all the churches shall know that I am he that searches the minds and hearts, and I will give you each one according to your works.

And to him that conquers and keeps my works till the end, I will give power over the nations,

Let him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, These things says he that has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars, I know your works, that you have a name to live, and are dead.

He that conquers shall be clothed in white robes, and I will not obliterate his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.

Let him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, These things says the Holy One, the True, he that has the key of David, he that opens and no one shall shut, and shuts and no one shall open,

Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews, and are not, but lie, behold, I will make them come and worship at your feet, and they shall know that I have loved you.

I come quickly; keep what you have, that no man may take your crown.

Him that overcomes will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out of it no more, and I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my new name.

Let him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot.

For you say, I am rich and have become rich and have need of nothing, and know not that you are miserable, and pitiable, and poor, and blind, and naked.

I advise you to buy of me gold purified in the fire that you may be rich, and white robes that you may put on, and the shame of your nakedness not appear, and an eye-salve to anoint your eyes that you may see.

To him that conquers will I give to sit down with me on my throne, as I conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Let him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

AFTER this I saw, and behold, a door was opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard was of a trumpet speaking to me, saying, Come up hither, and I will show you things that must occur hereafter.