This then is the commission we have from him, to declare unto you, that God is light, and in him there is no darkness.

but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have society one with another, and the blood of his son Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin.

however, it is really, in effect, a new commandment I write unto you, with respect to you: because the darkness is past, and things now appear in their true light.

he that says, he is in the light, and yet hates his brother, is still in darkness.

he that loves his brother, abides in the light, and will be secure from stumbling.

Love not the world, nor let worldly things engage your affections. he that is worldly affected is a stranger to divine love.

dear children, let no man deceive you: only he that acts justly is just, as he is just.

my dear children, let not our love be only in the language of our lips, but in the real effects of the heart.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth, is born of God, and knoweth God.

let us love him; since he first loved us.

If any man see his brother commit a sin, which is not a mortal sin, let him pray to God, who will grant him life, for such as do not commit a mortal sin. there is a sin unto death: in which case I do not enjoin any prayer to be made.