What was from the beginning,
what we have heard,
what we have seen with our eyes,
what we have observed
and have touched with our hands,
concerning the Word of life—

that life was revealed,
and we have seen it
and we testify and declare to you
the eternal life that was with the Father
and was revealed to us—

what we have seen and heard
we also declare to you,
so that you may have fellowship along with us;
and indeed our fellowship is with the Father
and with His Son Jesus Christ.

Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him because we will see Him as He is.

Everyone who remains in Him does not sin; everyone who sins has not seen Him or known Him.

Everyone who has been born of God does not sin, because His seed remains in him; he is not able to sin, because he has been born of God.

If anyone has this world’s goods and sees his brother in need but closes his eyes to his need—how can God’s love reside in him?

No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us and His love is perfected in us.

And we have seen and we testify that the Father has sent His Son as the world’s Savior.

If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For the person who does not love his brother he has seen cannot love the God he has not seen.

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin that does not bring death, he should ask, and God will give life to him—to those who commit sin that doesn’t bring death. There is sin that brings death. I am not saying he should pray about that.