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.

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

And in this we know that we have known him, if we are keeping his commandments.

but whosoever shall keep his word, truly the divine love of God has been made perfect in him. In this we know that we are in him.

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.

The one saying that he is in the light, and hating his brother, is in the darkness until now.

The one loving his brother with divine love abides in the light, and there is no stumbling in him.

But the one hating his brother is in darkness, and walks about in darkness, and does not know whither he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

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.

You have an unction from the Holy One, and you all know.

I have not written unto you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

No one denying the Son has the Father: the one confessing the Son has also the Father.

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.

And now, little children, abide in him; in order that, if he may appear, we may have boldness, and not shrink with embarrassment from him in his presence.

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

Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God; and we are. And on this account the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it is not yet manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he may be made manifest, we shall be like him; because we shall see him as he is.

And you know that he was manifested that he might take away sins; and in him there is no sin.

No one abiding in him is sinning: every one sinning does not see him, nor know him.

Little children, let no one deceive you. The one doing righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.

We know that we have passed out of the death into the life, because we love the brethren with divine love; the one loving not with divine love, abides in the death.

Every one hating his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in himself.

In this we know the divine love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

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

And the one keeping his commandments abides in him, and he in him; and in this we know that he abides in us, he has given us of his Spirit.

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.

We are of God: the one knowing God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. From this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

The one not loving with divine love does not know God; because God is divine love.

No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another with divine love, God abides in us, and his divine love has been made perfect in us.

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

There is no fear in divine love; but perfect divine love casts out the fear: because the fear has torment; and the one fearing has not been made perfect in the divine love.

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

I have written these things unto you, in order that you may know that you have eternal life; to those who believe on the name of the Son of God.

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.

We know that every one who has been born of God, sins not; but the one having 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 the evil one.

But we know that the Son of God has come and has given unto us intelligence, that we know the truth. And we are in the true one, in his Son Jesus Christ; he is the true God, and eternal life.