And this is the message which we have heard from him and declare to you, That God is light, and with him there is no darkness.

And by this we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments.

but whoever keeps his word, in him truly is the love of God perfected. By this we know that we are in him.

Beloved, I write not a new commandment to you, but an old commandment, which you had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you heard.

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

He that says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness till now.

He that loves his brother continues in the light, and there is no offense in him;

Little children, it is the last time; and as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many have become anti-christs; whence we know that it is the last time.

And you have an anointing from the Holy One, and know all things.

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

No one that denies the Son has the Father; he that confesses the Son has the Father also.

And the anointing which you received from him continues in you, and you have no need that any one should teach you; but as his anointing teaches you of all things, and is true and is not a lie, even as it has taught you, continue in him.

And now, little children, continue in him, that when he shall appear we may have boldness, and not be put to shame by him at his coming.

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

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

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be. We know, that if he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

And we know that he was manifested to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.

No one that continues in him sins; no one that sins has seen him, or known him.

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

No one that has been born of God commits sin, for his seed continues in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.

By this are the children of God manifest, and the children of the devil; no one that does not righteousness is of God, and no one that loves not his brother.

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers; he that loves not, continues in death.

Every one that hates his brother is a murderer; and we know that no murderer has eternal life continuing in him.

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

And he that keeps his commandments continues in him and he in him; and by this we know that he continues in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

By 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 anti-christ, of which you have heard that he is coming, and he is now in the world already.

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.

No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God continues in us and his love is perfected in us.

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

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has pain; and he that is afraid is not made perfect in love.

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

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

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

We know that every one who has been born of God does not sin, but he that has 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 wickedness.

And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding that we may know the true One; and we are in the true One, in his Son Jesus Christ; this is the true God, and eternal life.