This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.

But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:

My loved ones, I do not give you a new law, but an old law which you had from the first; this old law is the word which came to your ears.

Little children, it is the last hour; and as you were given word that the Antichrist would come, so now a number of Antichrists have come to you; and by this we are certain that it is the last hour.

I have not sent you this letter because you have no knowledge of what is true, but because you have knowledge, and because that which is false has nothing in common with that which is true.

And this is the hope which he gave you, even eternal life.

See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

And everyone who has this hope in him makes himself holy, even as he is holy.

In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.

Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another;

In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.

But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?

In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,

And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us.

By this you may have knowledge of the Spirit of God: every spirit which says that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God:

And every spirit which does not say this is not from God: this is the spirit of Antichrist, of which you have had word; and it is in the world even now.

We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.

And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.

In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.

And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.

In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.

This is he who came by water and by blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and by blood.

If we take the witness of men to be true, the witness of God is greater: because this is the witness which God has given about his Son.

And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.