(the Life has appeared; we saw it, we testify to it, we bring you word of that eternal Life which existed with the Father and was disclosed to us) ??3 it is of what we heard and saw that we bring you word, so that you may share our fellowship; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

if we say, "We have not sinned," we make him a liar and his word is not within us.

but whoever obeys his word, in him love to God is really complete. This is how we may be sure we are in him:

Beloved, I am not writing you any new command, but an old command which you have had from the very beginning: the old command is the word you have heard.

fathers, I have written to you, because you know him who is from the very beginning: young men, I have written to you, because you are strong, and the word of God remains within you, and you have conquered the evil One.