If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and are walking in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth;

but whosoever keeps His word, truly in him the love of God has been perfected: in this we know that we are in Him.

I wrote to you, fathers, because ye have known Him Who is from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and ye have conquered the evil one.

They went out from among us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out, that they might be made manifest, that they are not all of us.

Behold what manner of love the Father hath given to us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knows us not, because it knew Him not.

Beloved, now are we children of God, and never yet was it manifested what we shall be. We know that, if He shall be manifested, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.

In this are manifest the children of God and the children of the Devil: every one that does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that does not love his brother;

Hereby we shall know that we are of the truth, and we shall assure our heart before Him;

and whatsoever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments, and do the things that are pleasing before Him.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone forth into the world.

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He Who is in you, than he that is in the world.

They are of the world; for this cause they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

We are of God; he that knows God hears us; he that is not of God hears us not: from this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

In this has love been made perfect with us, that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, even so are we in this world.

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome;

because there are Three Who bear witness; the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the Three agree in one.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world is lying in the evil one.

And we know that the Son of God hath come, and hath given us understanding, that we may know the True One: and we are in the True One??n His Son Jesus Christ. This is the True God, and eternal life.