Moreover, 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.

And by this, we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments.

He who says, I have known him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in this man.

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

and this is the promise which he has promised to us, even eternal life.

Behold how great love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this reason, the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

And every one who has this hope in him purifies himself, even as He is pure.

He who works sin, is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose, the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

By this the children of God are discovered, and the children of the devil: whoever works not righteousness, is not of God, neither he who loves not his brother.

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

By this we have known the love of Christ, because he laid down his life for us; therefore we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Whoever, therefore, has the goods of this world, and sees his brother in need, and yet shuts up his compassion from him, how abides the love of God in him?

For by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

For this is his commandment, that we should believe on the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and should love one another as he gave us commandment.

Now he who keeps His commandments, abides in him, and He in him; and by this we know that he abides in us, even by the Spirit, which he has given us.

By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, is from God.

And every spirit that does not confess Jesus, is not from God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, which you have heard that it comes, and now is in the world already.

We are of God: he who know God, hearkens to us; he who is not of God, hearkens not to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

By this the love of God was manifested to us, that God sent forth his Son, the only begotten, 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 forth his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.

By this, we know that we abide in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

By this, the love has been perfected in us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, so are we in this world.

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

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 burdensome;

because, every one that is begotten by God, overcomes the world. And this is the victory which overcomes the world, even our faith.

This is her who came by water and blood, even Jesus the Christ; not by the water only, but by the water and the blood.

If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater. Now, this is the testimony of God, which he has testified concerning his Son.

Now this is the testimony, that God has given to us eternal life: and this life is in his Son.

He who has the Son, has this life; he who has not the Son of God, has not this life.

And this is the confidence which we have with him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hearkens to us.

Moreover, we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding, that we might know him that is true; and we are in him that is true-in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and the eternal life.