We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:

And we are writing these things to you so that our joy may be made complete.

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one:

And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.

But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:

My loved ones, I do not give you a new law, but an old law which you had from the first; this old law is the word which came to your ears.

I am writing to you, my children, because you have forgiveness of sins through his name.

I am writing these things to you about those whose purpose is that you may be turned out of the true way.

And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.

My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.

My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;

Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world has no love for you.

Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him.

My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.

In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,

My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him;

My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.

By this you may have knowledge of the Spirit of God: every spirit which says that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God:

You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.

My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.

My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.

I have put these things in writing for you who have faith in the name of the Son of God, so that you may be certain that you have eternal life.

If a man sees his brother doing a sin which is not bad enough for death, let him make a prayer to God, and God will give life to him whose sin was not bad enough for death. There is a sin whose punishment is death: I do not say that he may make such a request then.

And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.