My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. Yet if any one has sinned, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Just One.

But he who hates his brother, is in the darkness, and walks in that darkness, and does not know whither he goes; because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

and this is the promise which he has promised to us, even eternal life.

but the unction which you have received from him abides in you; and you have no need that any one should teach you, unless the same unction teaches you concerning all things, and is truth, and is no lie: and as it has taught you, you will abide in him.

If you know that he is righteous, you know that every one who works righteousness, has been begotten by him.

Behold how great love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this reason, the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

And every one who has this hope in him purifies himself, even as He is pure.

Whoever abides in him, does not sin. Whoever sins has not seen him, neither has known him.

Whoever has been begotten by God, does not work sin; because his seed abides in him; and he can not sin, because he has been begotten by God.

Every one who hates his brother, is a manslayer; and you know that no manslayer has eternal life abiding in him.

Whoever, therefore, has the goods of this world, and sees his brother in need, and yet shuts up his compassion from him, how abides the love of God in him?

Now he who keeps His commandments, abides in him, and He in him; and by this we know that he abides in us, even by the Spirit, which he has given us.

By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, is from God.

Beloved, let us love one another; for love is from God: and every one who loves, has been begotten by God, and knows God.

No one has seen God, at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is made perfect in us.

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

Now we have seen, and bear testimony, that the Father has sent forth his Son, to be the Saviour of the world.

And we have known, and believed the love which God has in us. God is love; wherefore, he who abides in love, abides in God, and God in him.

By this, the love has been perfected in us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, so are we in this world.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has torment: therefore, he who fears is not made perfect in love.

If any one say, Indeed I love God, and yet hate his brother, he is a liar: for he who loves not his brother, whom he has seen, how can he love God, whom he has not seen?

Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ, has been begotten by God; and every one who loves the begetter, loves also the begotten by him.

If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater. Now, this is the testimony of God, which he has testified concerning his Son.

(He who believes on the Son of God, has the testimony in himself. He who believes not God, has made him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony, which God has testified concerning his Son.)

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

He who has the Son, has this life; he who has not the Son of God, has not this life.

We know that whoever has been begotten by God, does not sin; but he who is begotten by God, guards himself, and the wicked on does not lay hold on him.

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