and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.

The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you for His name’s sake.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.

They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us.

As for you, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to 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, you abide in Him.

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.

For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;

not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.