That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of Life,

that which we have seen and heard we declare unto you, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.

And we write these things to you so that your joy may be full.

And this is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.

If we say that we have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His Word is not in us.

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

And by this we know that we have known Him, if we keep His commandments.

But whoever keeps His Word, truly in this one the love of God is perfected. By this we know that we are in Him.

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

Little children, it is the last time. And just as you have heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have risen up, from which we know that it is the last hour.

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they were of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out so that it might be revealed that they were not all of us.

I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and know that no lie is of the truth.

Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He who denies the Father and the Son is antichrist.

And this is the promise that He has promised us: everlasting life.

And now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He is revealed, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him in His coming.

If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who does righteousness has been born of Him.

Behold what manner of love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God. Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be. But we know that when He shall be revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

And everyone who has this hope on him purifies himself, even as that One is pure.

And you know that He was revealed that He might take away our sins, and in Him is no sin.

Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as that One is righteous.

He who practices sin is of the Devil, for the Devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed, that He might undo the works of the Devil.

For this is the message that you have 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 who does not love his brother abides in death.

Everyone hating his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer has everlasting life abiding in him.

And in this we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him,

that if our heart accuses us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

And whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.

And this is His commandment, that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as He gave us commandment.

And he who keeps His commandment dwells in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit which He gave to us.

By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God;

and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the antichrist you heard is coming, and even now is already in the world.

In this the love of God was revealed in us, because God sent His only begotten Son into the world that we might live through Him.

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation concerning our sins.

By this we know that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.

And we have seen and testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

Whoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him and he in God.

And we have known and believed the love that God has in us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

In this is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, that as He is, so also we are in this world.

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

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. And everyone who loves Him who begets also loves him who has been born of Him.

By this we know that we love the children of God, whenever we love God and keep His commandments.

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome.

For everything that has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith.

Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

For there are three that bear witness {\I in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one.

And there are three that bear witness on the earth:} the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the three are into the one.

He who believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself. He who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he does not believe the record that God gave of His Son.

And this is the record, that God has given to us everlasting life, and this life is in His Son.

I have written these things to you who believe on the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have everlasting life, and that you may believe on the name of the Son of God.

And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.

If anyone sees his brother sin a sin not to death, he shall ask, and He shall give him life for those that do not sin to death. There is a sin to death, I do not say that he shall pray for it.

We know that everyone who has been born of God does not continue to sin, but the one born of God guards himself, and the evil one does not touch him.

We know that we are of God, and all the world lies in evil.

And we know that the Son of God has come, and He has given us an understanding so that we may know Him who is true. And we are in Him that is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and the everlasting life.