If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have communion with him in the midst of us, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son cleanses us from all sin.

They are of the world; therefore, they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

Beloved, let us love one another, for charity is of God. Anyone that loves is born of God and knows God.

Love not the world neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the charity of the Father is not in him.

Behold, what charity the Father has given us, that we should be called the sons of God; therefore the world does not know us, because it does not know him.

My little children, I write these things unto you, that ye sin not; and if anyone has sinned, we have an Advocate before the Father, Jesus, the righteous Christ;

For there are three that bear witness in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there is no truth in us.

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

Beloved, now we are the sons of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be; but we know that if he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

He that does not love does not know God, for God is charity.

and he is the reconciliation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

This then is the promise which we have heard of him and declare unto you, That God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

In this we have known the charity of God because he laid down his life for us; we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

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

And this is the witness, that God has given eternal life to us, and this life is in his Son.

And this is the confidence that we have in God, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he hears us:

Little children, it is the last hour, and as ye have heard that the antichrist comes, likewise there are also beginning to be many antichrists, by which we know that it is the last time.

And we have known and believed the charity that God has in us. God is charity, and he that abides in charity abides in God, and God in him.

He that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God appeared, that he might undo the works of the devil.

In charity there is no fear; but charity that is perfect casts out fear; because fear has torment; from which he that fears is not complete in charity.

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

And in this we do know that we have known him if we keep his commandments.

Whosoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and anyone that loves him that begat also loves him that is born of him.

In this does the charity consist, not because we had loved God, but because he loved us and has sent his Son to be the reconciliation for our sins.

We love him, because he first loved us.

And there are three that bear witness on earth, the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree in one.

For whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.

In this was the charity of God demonstrated in us, in that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

that which we have seen and heard we declare unto you, that ye also may have communion with us; and truly our communion is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

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

My little children, let us not love in word neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

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

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us; but this happened that it might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

But we know that the Son of God is come and has given us understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth;

He that has the Son has life; and he that does not have the Son of God does not have life.

But whosoever has this world's goods and sees his brother have need and shuts up his bowels of compassion from him, how does the charity of God abide in him?

He that says he abides in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Whosoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

But ye have the anointing of the Holy One, and ye know all things.

Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? This same is antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.

But the anointing which ye have received of him abides in you, and ye do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you of all things and is truth, and is no lie; and even as it has taught you, abide ye in him.

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

We know that we are passed from death unto life, in that we love the brethren. He that does not love his brother abides in death.

In this know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ, is come in flesh is of God:

If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask God, and he shall give him life that is, unto those that do not sin unto death. There is sin unto death, for which I do not say that you should pray.

And ye know that he appeared to take away our sins, and there is no sin in him.

Whosoever hates his brother is a murderer and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, That we should love one another.

He that says, I have known him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and his charity is completed in us.

I write unto you, little children, that your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

And every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ, is come in flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, of which ye have heard that it should come, and that now it is already in the world.

We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he that is begotten of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.

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

And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

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

And the world passes away and the lust thereof, but he that does the will of God abides for ever.

He that loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.

Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which is the truth in him and in you, because the darkness is past, and the true light now shines.

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

But he that hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness and does not know where he goes, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

All unrighteousness is sin, but there is a sin not unto death.

I have written unto you, fathers, that ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, that ye are strong and the word of God abides in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

And in this we know that we are of the truth and have our hearts certified before him.

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

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

Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. For if that which ye have heard from the beginning shall abide in you, ye also shall continue to abide in the Son and in the Father.

I have not written unto you as if ye ignore the truth, but as unto those that know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

These things I have written unto you concerning those that seduce you.

And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he has commanded us.

He that believes in the Son of God has the witness of God in himself; he that does not believe God has made God a liar; because he does not believe the witness that God has testified of his Son.

In this the charity with us is made perfect, that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, that as he is, so are we in this world.

(for the life is manifested, and we also saw it and bear witness and show unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father and appeared unto us);

And he that keeps his commandments dwells in him, and he in him. And in this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

This is Jesus, the Christ, who came by water and blood; not by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit is he that bears witness, because the Spirit is the truth.

and whatsoever we ask, we receive of him because we keep his commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

But whosoever keeps his word, in him verily is the charity of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

If ye know that he is righteous, also know that any one that does righteousness is born of him.

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.

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

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

In this the sons of God are manifest, and the sons of the devil: whosoever does not righteousness and that loves not his brother is not of God.

And if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

Whosoever denies the Son, the same does not have the Father. Whosoever confesses the Son, has the Father also.

Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he has testified of his Son.

Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

In this we know that we love the sons of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.

He that says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness.

Whosoever abides in him does not sin: whosoever sins has not seen him or known him.

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be fulfilled.

Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, then we have confidence in God;

And this is the promise that he has promised us, even eternal life.

I write unto you, fathers, that ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, that ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, that ye have known the Father.

Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hates you.