This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

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

Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

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

Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.

These things I have written to you concerning those who would lead you astray.

Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

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

My little children, let's not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God.