But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

He who says, "I know him," but does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

he who says he abides in him ought to walk as he walked.

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness still.

He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

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.

And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

And this is what he has promised useternal life.

And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does right is born of 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.

And you know that he appeared to take away our sins, and in him there is no sin.

Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does right is righteous, just as he is righteous.

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.

By this it may be seen who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not do right is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

and not be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death.

By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

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?

whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

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.

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

We are of God. Whoever knows God listens to us; he who is not of God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

He 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 atoning sacrifice for our sins.

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

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

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.

In this love is perfected among us, that we may have confidence for 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 to do with punishment. And he who fears is not made perfect in love.

We love because he first loved us.

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.

And this commandment we have from him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

Who is it that overcomes the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

This is he who came by water and bloodJesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood.

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.

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

And this is the confidence which we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

And if we know that he hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he will ask, and God will give him life for those whose sin is not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that.

We know that anyone born of God does not sin; but he who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.