| 1 | My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if any one sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ [the] righteous; |
| 2 | and he is the propitiation for our sins; but not for ours alone, but also for the whole world. |
| 3 | And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. |
| 4 | He that says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; |
| 5 | but whoever keeps his word, in him verily the love of God is perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him. |
| 6 | He that says he abides in him ought, even as he walked, himself also [so] to walk. |
| 7 | Beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment, which ye have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye heard. |
| 8 | Again, I write a new commandment to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light already shines. |
| 9 | He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now. |
| 10 | He that loves his brother abides in light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him. |
| 11 | But he that hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. |
| 12 | I write to you, children, because [your] sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. |
| 13 | I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked [one]. I write to you, little children, because ye have known the Father. |
| 14 | I have written to you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and ye have overcome the wicked [one]. |
| 15 | Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him; |
| 16 | because all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. |
| 17 | And the world is passing, and its lust, but he that does the will of God abides for eternity. |
| 18 | Little children, it is [the] last hour, and, according as ye have heard that antichrist comes, even now there have come many antichrists, whence we know that it is [the] last hour. |
| 19 | They went out from among us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have surely remained with us, but that they might be made manifest that none are of us. |
| 20 | And ye have [the] unction from the holy [one], and ye know all things. |
| 21 | I have not written to you because ye do not know the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. |
| 22 | Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is the antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. |
| 23 | Whoever denies the Son has not the Father either; he who confesses the Son has the Father also. |
| 24 | As for you let that which ye have heard from the beginning abide in you: if what ye have heard from the beginning abides in you, ye also shall abide in the Son and in the Father. |
| 25 | And this is the promise which he has promised us, life eternal. |
| 26 | These things have I written to you concerning those who lead you astray: |
| 27 | and yourselves, the unction which ye have received from him abides in you, and ye have not need that any one should teach you; but as the same unction teaches you as to all things, and is true and is not a lie, and even as it has taught you, ye shall abide in him. |
| 28 | And now, children, abide in him, that if he be manifested we may have boldness, and not be put to shame from before him at his coming. |
| 29 | If ye know that he is righteous, know that every one who practises righteousness is begotten of him. |