But if we live in the light, just as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from every sin.

He is himself an atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the whole world.

Whoever says, "I know him," but does not obey his commands, is a liar, and there is no truth in his heart;

but whoever obeys his message really has the love of God in perfection in his heart. This is the way we can be sure that we are in union with him;

Dear friends, it is no new command that I am writing you, but an old one that you have had from the beginning. That old command is the same as the message you have heard.

But whoever hates his brother is in darkness, and is living in darkness, and he does not know where he is going, for the darkness has blinded his eyes.

for all that there is in the world, the things that our physical nature and our eyes crave, and the proud display of life??hese do not come from the Father, but from the world;

and the world with its cravings is passing away, but whoever does God's will will endure forever.

They have gone out from our number, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had, they would have stayed with us. It was to make it clear that none of them really belonged to us that they withdrew.

But you have been anointed by the Holy One. You all know the truth;

I do not write to you because you do not know it, but because you do know it, and because no lie can come from the truth.

You still retain in your hearts the anointing with the Spirit that you received from him, and you do not need to have anyone teach you. But just as that anointing of his teaches you about everything, and as it is true and no falsehood, keep in union with him just as it has taught you to do.

But if someone who is rich sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can he have any love for God in his heart?

Dear children, let us love not with words or lips only but in reality and truth.

Dear friends, do not believe every inspired utterance, but test the utterances to see whether they come from God, for many false prophets have come out into the world.

The love consists not in our having loved God, but in his loving us and sending his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear. For fear suggests punishment and no one who feels fear has attained perfect love.

It was he, Jesus Christ himself, who came in water and in blood; not in water only, but in water and in blood. The Spirit also testifies to this, for the Spirit is truth.

Any wrongdoing is sin, but there are sins that are not deadly.

We know that no child of God commits sin, but the fact that he is God's child protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.