But if we walk in the light, as he 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 write this to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

He who says, "I know him," but does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

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

Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard.

But he who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

For all that is in the worldthe lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of lifeis not of the Father but is of the world.

And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that it might be plain that none of them were of us.

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

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

Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

But the anointing which you have received from him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as his anointing teaches you about all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, abide in him.

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

But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

Little children, let us not love in word or tongue but in deed and in truth.

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. And he who fears is not made perfect in love.

Who is it that overcomes the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

This is he who came by water and bloodJesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood.

We know that anyone born of God does not sin; but he who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.