If we say that we have communion with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practise the truth:

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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

My little children, I write these things unto you, that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

And He is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

Brethren, I write not a new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning:

But he, that hateth his brother, is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not where he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

Love not the world, nor the things that are in the world; for if any one love the world to excess, the love of the Father is not in him.

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

They went out from us, but they were not of us: for if they had been indeed of us, they would have continued with us; but this was done that they might be made manifest, because all, that are with us, are not indeed of us.

I have not therefore written to you, because ye know not the truth; but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

Who is a liar, if not he who denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, that denieth the Father as well as the Son;

for whosoever denieth the Son, hath not the Father: but he that confesseth the Son acknowledgeth the Father also.

But the unction, which ye have received from Him, abideth in you; and therefore ye have no need that any should teach you: since this very unction teacheth you concerning all things, and is truth and not falshood; even as that hath taught you, abide in Him.

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

Behold then what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God: though for this reason the world knoweth us not, because it knew not Him.

Beloved, we are now the children of God, but it doth not yet appear what we shall be: we know however, that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.

Whosoever abideth in Him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen Him, nor known Him.

Whosoever is born of God doth not practise sin, because his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doth not practise righteousness, and he who loveth not his brother, is not of God:

for this is the injunction which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another: not as Cain who was of the evil one, and slew his brother;

Wonder not then, my brethren, if the world hate you:

since we know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren: he, that loveth not his brother, remaineth in death.

My little children, let us not love in word, or in tongue only, but in deed and in truth.

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God:

Beloved, believe not every Spirit, but try the spirits, whether they be of God: for many false prophets are gone out into the world.

and every spirit that doth not confess Jesus Christ, who is come in the flesh, is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, which ye have heard was coming, and is already in the world.

We are of God: he, that knoweth God, heareth us; but he, who is not of God, heareth not us. By this we know the Spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

He, that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is love.

Herein is love; not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear; because fear hath torment; but he that feareth is not perfected in love.

I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for how can he, that loveth not his brother, whom he hath seen, love God whom he hath not seen?

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

This is He that came by water and by blood, even Jesus the Messiah; not with water only, but with water and blood: and of this the Spirit beareth witness, for the Spirit is truth.

He, that believeth on the Son of God, hath the witness in himself: he, that believeth not God, hath in effect made Him a liar, because he believed not the testimony which God hath testified of his Son.

He that hath the Son hath life: he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

If any one see his brother commit a sin which is not unto death, let him pray for him, and God will give him life, that is for them that do not sin unto death. There is a sin unto death: and for that I do not say that he should pray.

All unrighteousness indeed is sin, and yet there is a sin not unto death.

We know that whosoever is born of God, doth not practise sin: but keepeth himself from it, and the wicked one doth not touch him.