THAT which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld and our hands felt, concerning the Word of life,??2 and the life was made manifest, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us,??3 that which we have seen and heard, we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

but whoever keeps his word, in him truly is the love of God perfected. By this we know that we are in him.

Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him;

for all that is in the world, the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

And this is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God. The world therefore knows us not, because it knew him not.

For this is the message which you heard from the beginning; that we should love one another;

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers; he that loves not, continues in death.

Every one that hates his brother is a murderer; and we know that no murderer has eternal life continuing in him.

By this we have known love, because he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

And whoever has the goods of the world and sees his brother have need, and withholds his compassions from him, how continues the love of God in him?

My little children, let us not love in word nor tongue, but in work and truth.

And this is his commandment; that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another as he gave commandment.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and every one that loves has been born of God and knows God.

He that loves not has not known God; for God is love.

The love of God was manifested to us in this; that God has sent his only Son into the world that we may live through him.

In this is love; not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God continues in us and his love is perfected in us.

And we have known and believed the love which God has for us. God is love; and he that continues in love continues in God and God in him.

By this is love perfected with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, that as he is we also are in this world.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has pain; and he that is afraid is not made perfect in love.

We love, because he first loved us.

If any one says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

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

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous;

And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

He that has the Son has the life; he that has not the Son has not the life.

These things have I written to you, that you who believe in the name of the Son of God may know that you have eternal life.

If any one sees his brother commit a sin, not to death, he shall ask, and he will give him life, for those who sin not to death. There is a sin to death; I say not that you should pray for it.

And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding that we may know the true One; and we are in the true One, in his Son Jesus Christ; this is the true God, and eternal life.