This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

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

if we may say -- 'we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us;

If we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just that he let go sins to us, and cleanse us from all injustice.

Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.

I write to you, little children, for your sins are let go for his name.

Love not the world, nor let worldly things engage your affections. he that is worldly affected is a stranger to divine love.

Whoever denies the Son, the same has not the Father; but he who confesses the Son has the Father also. As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning abide in you.

Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

These things have I written unto you concerning them that would lead you astray.

And ye know that he was manifested that he might let go our sins; and in him is no sin.

Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

The one who habitually keeps His commandments [obeying His word and following His precepts, abides and] remains in Him, and He in him. By this we know and have the proof that He [really] abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us [as a gift].

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

God's love for us has been revealed in this way??hat God has sent his only Son into the world, to let us have life through him.

Let us love with divine love, because he himself first loved us with divine love.

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin that does not lead to death, he will pray and ask [on the believer’s behalf] and God will for him give life to those whose sin is not leading to death. There is a sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for this [kind of sin].

Every kind of wrongdoing is sin, yet there are sins that do not lead to death.

Little children (believers, dear ones), guard yourselves from idols—[false teachings, moral compromises, and anything that would take God’s place in your heart].