That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have beheld, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of the life;

and the life was made manifest, and we have seen, and we testify, and we proclaim to you the life which is eternal, which was with the Father, and has been made manifest unto us;

that which we have seen and heard we also proclaim to you, in order that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is indeed with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

And the same message which we have heard from him, we also proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness.

Beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but the old one which you had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.

Again I do write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you: because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

because this is all that is in the world; the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, which is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Little children, it is the last hour: and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, from which we know that it is the last hour.

Let that which you heard from the beginning abide in you. If that which you heard from the beginning may abide in you, you also are abiding in the Son, and in the Father.

This is the message which he proclaimed unto you, eternal life.

And the unction which you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that any one may teach you: but as his unction teaches you concerning all things, and it is true, and it is no lie, and as he has taught you, abide in him.

Because this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we must love one another,

In 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 antichrist, which you have heard that he is coming; and now he is already in the world.

And we have known and we have believed the divine love which God has in us. God is divine love; and the one abiding in divine love abides in God, and God abides in him.

because everything which has been born of God conquers the world: and this is the victory which has conquered the world, our faith.

The one believing on the Son of God has the witness in himself: the one not believing 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 assurance which we have toward him, that, if we may ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

And if we know that he hears us as to whatsoever we may ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked from him.