And this is the promise which we have heard from him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and that darkness in him there is none.

but if we walk in the light, as he is himself in the light, we have communion with each other, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which is a true thing in him, and in you, because the darkness is past, and the true light is now shining.

He who saith, that he is in the light, yet hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

He that loveth his brother is in the light, and occasion of stumbling in him there is none.

Let that abide in you therefore which ye have heard from the beginning. If that abide in you which ye heard from the beginning, ye also shall abide in the Son and in the Father.

My dear children, let no man deceive you: he who doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous:

By this we have known the love [of Christ], because for us he laid down his own life: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

My dear children, let us not love in word and in tongue, but in deed and in truth;

Beloved, let us love one another; because love is from God, and every one who loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.