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;

And yet it is a new command I am writing to you ??realized in him and also in yourselves, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

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

but the unction you received from him remains within you, and you really need no teaching from anyone; simply remain in him, for his unction teaches you about everything and is true and is no lie ??remain in him, as it has taught you to do.

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.

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.

My dear children, keep clear of idols.