But the one hating his brother is in darkness, and walks about in darkness, and does not know whither he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God; and we are. And on this account the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

Every one doing sin does also a transgression of the law: and sin is the transgression of the law.

No one abiding in him is sinning: every one sinning does not see him, nor know him.

Every one having been born of God does not sin; because his seed remains in him: and he is not able to sin, because he has been born of God.

and every spirit which does not confess Jesus is not of God: and this is the spirit of antichrist, which you have heard that he is coming; and now he is already in the world.

We are of God: the one knowing God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. From this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

The one not loving with divine love does not know God; because God is divine love.

We know that every one who has been born of God, sins not; but the one having been born of God keeps himself, and the evil one does not touch him.