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1 My
little children, I
write these things
to you so
that you may
not sin. If
anyone sins, we
have a Counselor
with the Father,
Jesus Christ, the
righteous.
2 And
he is the atoning
sacrifice
for our sins, and
not for ours
only, but also
for the whole
world.
3 This
is how we
know that we
know him: if
we keep his
commandments.
4 One
who says, “I
know him,”
and doesn’t keep
his commandments,
is a liar,
and the truth isn’t
in him.
5 But
God’s love has
most certainly been
perfected in
whoever keeps his
word. This is
how we know
that we are
in him:
6 he
who says he
remains in him
ought himself also
to walk just
like he walked.
7 Brothers, I
write no new
commandment to you,
but an old
commandment which
you had from
the beginning. The
old commandment is
the word which
you heard from
the beginning.
8 Again,
I write a
new commandment to
you, which is
true in him
and in you,
because the
darkness is
passing away and
the true light
already shines.
9 He
who says he
is in the
light and hates
his brother is in
the darkness even
until now.
10 He
who loves his brother
remains in the
light, and there
is no occasion for
stumbling in him.
11 But
he who hates
his brother is in
the darkness, and
walks in the
darkness, and doesn’t
know where he
is going, because
the darkness has
blinded his eyes.
12 I
write to you,
little children,
because your sins
are forgiven you
for his name’s
sake.
13 I
write to you,
fathers, because
you know him
who is from
the beginning.
I write to
you, young men,
because you have
overcome the evil
one.
I write to
you, little children,
because you know
the Father.
14 I
have written to
you, fathers,
because you know
him who is
from the beginning.
I have written
to you, young
men, because you
are strong, and
the word of
God remains in
you, and you
have overcome the
evil one.
15 Don’t love
the world or
the things that
are in the
world. If
anyone loves the
world, the Father’s
love isn’t in him.
16 For
all that is
in the world—the
lust of the
flesh, the lust
of the eyes,
and the pride of
life—isn’t the
Father’s, but is
the world’s.
17 The
world is passing
away with its
lusts, but he
who does God’s
will remains
forever.
18 Little
children, these
are the end times,
and as you
heard that
the Antichrist is
coming, even now
many antichrists have arisen.
By this we
know that it
is the final
hour.
19 They
went out from
us, but they didn’t
belong to us;
for if they
had belonged to
us, they would
have continued
with us. But
they left, that
they might be
revealed that none
of them belong
to us.
20 You
have an anointing
from the Holy One,
and you all
have knowledge.
21 I
have not written
to you because
you don’t know
the truth, but
because you know
it, and because
no lie is
of the truth.
22 Who
is the liar
but he who denies
that Jesus is
the Christ? This
is the Antichrist,
he who denies the
Father and the
Son.
23 Whoever denies the
Son doesn’t have
the Father. He
who confesses the
Son has the
Father also.
24 Therefore,
as for you,
let that remain
in you which
you heard from
the beginning. If
that which
you heard from
the beginning remains
in you, you
also will remain
in the Son,
and in the
Father.
25 This
is the promise
which he promised
us, the eternal
life.
26 These
things I have
written to you
concerning those
who would lead you
astray.
27 As
for you, the
anointing which
you received from
him remains in
you, and you don’t
need for anyone
to teach you.
But as his
anointing teaches
you concerning all
things, and is
true, and is
no lie, and
even as it
taught you, you
will remain in
him.
28 Now,
little children,
remain in him,
that when he
appears, we may
have boldness and
not be ashamed
before him at
his coming.
29 If
you know that
he is righteous,
you know that
everyone who
practices righteousness
has been born
of him.