(for the Life was revealed, and we have seen it and bear witness, and show to you the everlasting Life, who was with the Father and was revealed to us),

I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for His name's sake.

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.

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.

Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness, for sin is lawlessness.

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;

not as Cain who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. And for what did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's things were righteous.

By this we have known the love of God, because He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.

The one who does not love has not known God. For God is love.

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has torment. He who fears has not been perfected in love.