But he who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

And this is what he has promised useternal life.

But the anointing which you have received from him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone 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, abide in him.

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God! And so we are! The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

And everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.

No one who abides in him sins. No one who sins has either seen him or known him.

He who commits sin is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

No one who is of God practices sin, for God's seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.

Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

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.

Now those who keep his commandments abide in him, and he in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.

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

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world.

So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. And he who fears is not made perfect in love.

If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the worldour faith.

If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God which he has borne witness of his Son.

He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given of his Son.

And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

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.