that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

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.

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.

And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he has commanded us.

By this you know the Spirit of God: every Spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child.

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

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