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

He who says he abides in him, ought, himself, also, so to walk even as he walked.

He who says he is in the light and yet hates his brother, is in the darkness till now.

He who loves his brother, abides in the light, and there is no stumbling block to him.

But he who hates his brother, is in the darkness, and walks in that darkness, and does not know whither he goes; because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Now the world passes away, and the lust of it; be he who does the will of God, abides forever.

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

These things I have written to you, concerning them who deceive you;

If you know that he is righteous, you know that every one who works righteousness, has been begotten by him.

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

Every one who works sin, works also the transgression of law; for sin is the transgression of law.

Little children, let no one deceive you: he who works righteousness, is righteous, even as He is righteous.

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.

Not being of the wicked one, as Cain was, who slew his brother. And on account of what, did he slay him? Because his own works were wicked, and his brother's righteous.

We know that we have passed away from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who loves not his brother, abides in death.

Every one who hates his brother, is a manslayer; and you know that no manslayer has eternal life abiding in him.

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.

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because he is greater, who is with you, than he who is with the world.

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.

Beloved, let us love one another; for love is from God: and every one who loves, has been begotten by God, and knows God.

He who does not love, does not know God; for God is love.

And we have known, and believed the love which God has in us. God is love; wherefore, he who abides in love, abides in God, and God in him.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has torment: therefore, he who fears is not made perfect in love.

If any one say, Indeed I love God, and yet hate his brother, he is a liar: for he who loves not his brother, whom he has seen, how can he love God, whom he has not seen?

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

Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ, has been begotten by God; and every one who loves the begetter, loves also the begotten by him.

Who is he that overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

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.

And it is the Spirit who testified; because the Spirit is the truth.

Indeed, there are three who bear testimony: the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and these three agree in one.

(He who believes on the Son of God, has the testimony in himself. He who believes not God, has made him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony, which God has testified concerning his Son.)

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

If any one see his brother sinning a sin, not to death, let him ask, and he will grant to him life, for those who sin not to death. There is a sin leading to death. I do not say concerning it, that you should ask.

We know that whoever has been begotten by God, does not sin; but he who is begotten by God, guards himself, and the wicked on does not lay hold on him.