he is himself the propitiation for our sins, though not for ours alone but also for the whole world.

but he who hates his brother is in darkness, he walks in darkness and does not know where he is going, for the darkness has blinded his eyes.

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

Love not the world, nor yet what is in the world; if anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.

For all that is in the world, the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the proud glory of life, belongs not to the Father but to the world;

and the world is passing away with its desire, while he who does the will of God remains for ever.

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.

'Born of him!' Think what a love the Father has for us, in letting us be called 'children of God!' That is what we are. The world does not recognize us? That is simply because it did not recognize him.

We are children of God now, beloved; what we are to be is not apparent yet, but we do know that when he appears, we are to be like him ??for we are to see him as he is.

he who commits sin belongs to the devil, for the devil is a sinner from the very beginning. (This is why the Son of God appeared, to destroy the deeds of the devil.)

Anyone who is born of God does not commit sin, for the offspring of God remain in Him, and they cannot sin, because they are born of God.

Here is how the children of God and the children of the devil are recognized; anyone who does not practise righteousness does not belong to God, and neither does he who has no love for his brother.

For this is the message you have learned from the very beginning, that we are to love one another:

We know we have crossed from death to life, because we love the brotherhood; he who has no love [for his brother] remains in death.

We know what love is by this, that He laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for the brotherhood.

whenever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart, and he knows all.

Do not believe every spirit, beloved, but test the spirits to see if they come from God; for many false prophets have emerged in the world.

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.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love belongs to God, and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God;

he who does not love, does not know God, for God is love.

This is how the love of God has appeared for us, by God sending his only Son into the world, so that by him we might live.

Love lies in this, not in our love for him but in his love for us ??in the sending of his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Beloved, if God had such love for us, we ought to love one another.

God no one has ever seen; but if we love one another, then God remains within us, and love for him is complete in us.

well, we do know, we have believed, the love God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

Love has no dread in it; no, love in its fulness drives all dread away, for dread has to do with punishment ??anyone who has dread, has not reached the fulness of love.