That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have contemplated, and our hands have handled, concerning the living Word-

(for the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and declare to you that life which is eternal, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us;)

that which we have seen and heard, we declare to you; that you also may have fellowship with us: and our fellowship truly is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

Moreover, this is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and obey not the truth.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light; we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ the Son cleanses us from all sin.

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. Yet if any one has sinned, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Just One.

And by this, we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments.

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

Brethren, I do not write a new commandment to you; but an old commandment, which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word, which you have heard from the beginning.

Fathers, I write to you, because you have known him from the beginning. Young men, I write to you, because you have overcome the wicked one.

Fathers, I have written to you, because you have known him from the beginning. Young men, I have written to you, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.

Young children, it is the last period. And as you have heard that the antichrist comes, so, now, there are many antichrists; whence you know that it is the last period.

They went away from us, but they were not of us. For, if they had been of us, they would have abode with us; but they went away, that they might be made manifest that they were not of us.

But you have an unction from the Holy One, and know all things.

I have not written to you because you know not the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

Therefore, let what you have heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you have heard from the beginning, abide in you; you also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father:

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

but the unction which you have received from him abides in you; and you have no need that any one should teach you, unless the same unction teaches you concerning all things, and is truth, and is no lie: and as it has taught you, you will abide in him.

And now, little children, abide in him, that when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and may not be put to shame by him, at his coming.

For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

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.

By this we have known the love of Christ, because he laid down his life for us; therefore we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Beloved, if our heart do not condemn us, we have confidence with God.

And every spirit that does not confess Jesus, is not from God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, which you have heard that it comes, and now is in the world already.

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.

Now we have seen, and bear testimony, that the Father has sent forth his Son, to be the Saviour of the world.

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.

By this, the love has been perfected in us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, so are we in this world.

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

These things I have written to you, that you may know that you have eternal life-that you may continue to believe on the name of the Son of God.

And this is the confidence which we have with him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hearkens to us.

And if we know that he hearkens to us, concerning whatever we ask; we know that we shall obtain the petitions which we have asked from him.