(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.

We are writing this to you that our own joy may be complete.

My dear children, I am writing this to you that you may not sin; but if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father in Jesus Christ the just;

This is how we may be sure we know him, by obeying his commands.

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

My dear children, I am writing to you, because your sins are forgiven for his sake:

Remain within him now, my dear children, so that when he appears we may have confidence, instead of shrinking from him in shame at his arrival.

Let no one deceive you, my dear children: he who practises righteousness is just, as He is just;

My dear children, let us put our love not into words or into talk but into deeds, and make it real.

Thus it is that we may be sure we belong to the truth and reassure ourselves

he who obeys his commands remains within him ??and He remains within him. And this is how we may be sure he remains within us, by means of the Spirit he has given us.

My dear children, you belong to God, and you have conquered all such, for He who is within you is greater than he who is in the world.

This is how we may be sure we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us a share in his own Spirit;

I have written in this way to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may be sure you have life eternal.

My dear children, keep clear of idols.