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

He who claims to abide in him he also ought so to walk just as that man walked.

He who claims to be in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now.

He who loves his brother abides in the light, and no cause of stumbling is in him.

But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and he goes about in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

And the world passes away, and the lust of it, but he who does the will of God abides into the age.

Who is the liar if not he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

Every man who denies the Son, also does not have the Father.

I wrote these things to you concerning those who lead you astray.

And every man who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as that man is pure.

Every man abiding in him does not sin. Every man who is sinning has not seen him, nor has known him.

Little children, let no man lead you astray. He who is doing righteousness is righteous, just as that man is righteous.

He who is doing sin is of the devil, because the devil sinned from the beginning. The Son of God was made known for this, so that he might destroy the works of the devil.

Every man who has been begotten of God is not doing sin, because his seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been begotten of God.

By this the children of God are visible, and the children of the devil. Every man not doing righteousness is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother.

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who is not loving the brother abides in death.

And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, from the Spirit that he gave us.

We are of God. He who knows God hears us. He who is not of God does not hear us. From this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

Beloved, we should love each other. Because love is of God, and every man who loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.

He who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

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

Fear is not in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear holds punishment, and he who is afraid has not been fully perfected in love.

If any man says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

And we have this commandment from him, so that he who loves God will also love his brother.

Every man who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been begotten from God, and every man who loves him who begot, also loves him who has been begotten from him.

And who is he who overcomes the world, if not he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. And it is the Spirit that testifies, because the Spirit is truth.

Because those who testify are three:

He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified about his Son.

He who has the Son has the life. He who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.

I wrote these things to you, those who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God.

We know that every man who has been begotten from God does not sin, but he who was begotten from God keeps himself, and the evil does not touch him.