That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have contemplated, and our very hands have felt concerning the Word of life,

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

But whosoever keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: and by this we know that we are 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:

I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known Him that is from the beginning: and I have written to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one---

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