But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

My little children, I am writing you these things so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ the Righteous One.

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

But whoever keeps His word, truly in him the love of God is perfected. This is how we know we are in Him:

Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old command that you have had from the beginning. The old command is the message you have heard.

The one who says he is in the light but hates his brother is in the darkness until now.

But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he’s going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

For everything that belongs to the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s lifestyle—is not from the Father, but is from the world.

And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does God’s will remains forever.

They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. However, they went out so that it might be made clear that none of them belongs to us.

But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you have knowledge.

I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie comes from the truth.

If anyone has this world’s goods and sees his brother in need but closes his eyes to his need—how can God’s love reside in him?

Little children, we must not love with word or speech, but with truth and action.

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

But every spirit who does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist; you have heard that he is coming, and he is already in the world now.

Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

And who is the one who conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

Jesus Christ—He is the One who came by water and blood, not by water only, but by water and by blood. And the Spirit is the One who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

We know that everyone who has been born of God does not sin, but the One who is born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.