And this is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

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

And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

He that says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

but whoever keeps his word, in him verily the love of God is perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him.

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

Again, I write a new commandment to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light already shines.

He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now.

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

Little children, it is the last hour, and, according as ye have heard that antichrist comes, even now there have come many antichrists, whence we know that it is the last hour.

And ye have the unction from the holy one, and ye know all things.

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

And now, children, abide in him, that if he be manifested we may have boldness, and not be put to shame from before him at his coming.

If ye know that he is righteous, know that every one who practises righteousness is begotten of him.

See what love the Father has given to us, that we should be called the children of God. For this reason the world knows us not, because it knew him not.

Beloved, now are we children of God, and what we shall be has not yet been manifested; we know that if it is manifested we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

And ye know that he has been manifested that he might take away our sins; and in him sin is not.

Children, let no man lead you astray; he that practises righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

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

And hereby we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade our hearts before him --

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

Hereby ye know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses Jesus Christ come in flesh is of God;

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

We are of God; he that knows 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.

No one has seen God at any time: if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

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

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has torment, and he that fears has not been made perfect in love.

Hereby know we that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.

These things have I written to you that ye may know that ye have eternal life who believe on the name of the Son of God.

And if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

We know that every one begotten of God does not sin, but he that has been begotten of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the wicked one.

And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding that we should know him that is true; and we are in him that is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.