And this is the tidings which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

He that keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfect, indeed. And hereby know we that we are in him.

I write unto you fathers, how that ye have known him that was from the beginning. I write unto you young men, how that ye be strong; and the word of God dwelleth in you, that ye have overcome the wicked.

And the world vanisheth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God, abideth ever.

Behold what love the father hath showed on us, that we should be called the sons of God. For this cause the world knoweth you not; because it knoweth not him.

Dearly beloved, now are we the sons of God, and yet it doth not appear what we shall be. But we know that when it shall appear, we shall be like him. For we shall see him as he is.

He that committeth sin is of the devil: for the devil sinneth since the beginning. But for this cause appeared the son of God, even to destroy the works of the devil.

All that are born of God do no sin, for his seed abideth in them, and they cannot sin, because they be born of God.

And hereby are the sons of God known, and also the sons of the devil. All that work not righteousness, are not of God, nor he that loveth not his brother.

He, then, that hath the substance of the world, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his compassion from him: how dwelleth the love of God in him?

But if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things.

Dearly beloved, if our hearts condemn us not, then have we trust to God ward;

Ye beloved, believe not every spirit: but prove the spirits whether they be of God, or not: for many false prophets are gone out in to the world.

Hereby shall ye know the spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God.

And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God. And the same is that spirit of antichrist, of whom ye have heard, how that he should come: and even now already is he in the world.

Little children, ye are of God, and have overcome them: for greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

We be of God, and he that knoweth God heareth us: and he that is not of God, heareth us not. And hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

Dearly beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God. And all that love are born of God, and knoweth God.

And he that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is love.

Herein appeared the love of God to us ward, because that God sent his only begotten son into the world, that we should live through him.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his son to make a satisfaction for our sins.

Dearly beloved, if God so loved us, then we ought also to love one another.

No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfect in us.

Whosoever confesseth that Jesus is the son of God, in him dwelleth God, and he in God.

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love, and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God in him.

If a man say, "I love God," and yet hate his brother, he is a liar. For how can he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, love God whom he hath not seen?

And this commandment have we of him: that he which loveth God, should love his brother also.

All that believe that Jesus is Christ, are born of God. And all that loveth him which begat, loveth him also which was begotten of him.

In this we know that we love the sons of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

This is the love of God, that we keep his commandments, and his commandments are not grievous.

For all that is born of God, overcometh the world. And this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

Who is it that overcometh the world: but he which believeth that Jesus is the son of God?

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater. For this is the witness of God, that God hath born of his son.

He that believeth in the son of God hath the witness in himself. He that believeth not God, maketh him a liar, because he doth not believe the witness that God hath testified of his son.

And this is the witness: how that God hath given unto us eternal life, and this life is in his son.

He that hath the son, hath life: and he that hath not the son of God, hath not life.

These things have I written unto you that believe in the name of the son of God, that ye may know how that ye have everlasting life, and that ye may believe in the name of the son of God.

We know that all that are born of God, sin not: but he that is born of God keepeth himself, and that wicked toucheth him not.

We know that we be of God, and that the world is altogether set on mischief.

We know that the son of God is come, and hath given us understanding, to know him that is true: and we be in the truth through his son Jesus Christ. He is very God, and eternal life.