1 ¶ Behold, what charity the Father has given us, that we should be called the sons of God; therefore the world does not know us, because it does not know him.

See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

2 B eloved, now we are the sons of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be; but we know that if he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

beloved, now, children of God are we, and it was not yet manifested what we shall be, and we have known that if he may be manifested, like him we shall be, because we shall see him as he is;

3 A nd every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

and every one who is having this hope on him, doth purify himself, even as he is pure.

4 ¶ Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

Every one who is doing the sin, the lawlessness also he doth do, and the sin is the lawlessness,

5 A nd ye know that he appeared to take away our sins, and there is no sin in him.

and ye have known that he was manifested that our sins he may take away, and sin is not in him;

6 W hosoever abides in him does not sin: whosoever sins has not seen him or known him.

every one who is remaining in him doth not sin; every one who is sinning, hath not seen him, nor known him.

7 L ittle children, let no one deceive you; he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he also is righteous.

Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous,

8 H e that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God appeared, that he might undo the works of the devil.

he who is doing the sin, of the devil he is, because from the beginning the devil doth sin; for this was the Son of God manifested, that he may break up the works of the devil;

9 W hosoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

every one who hath been begotten of God, sin he doth not, because his seed in him doth remain, and he is not able to sin, because of God he hath been begotten.

10 I n this the sons of God are manifest, and the sons of the devil: whosoever does not righteousness and that loves not his brother is not of God.

In this manifest are the children of God, and the children of the devil; every one who is not doing righteousness, is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother,

11 ¶ For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, That we should love one another.

because this is the message that ye did hear from the beginning, that we may love one another,

12 N ot as Cain, who was of the wicked one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

not as Cain -- of the evil one he was, and he did slay his brother, and wherefore did he slay him? because his works were evil, and those of his brother righteous.

13 M arvel not, my brethren, if the world hates you.

Do not wonder, my brethren, if the world doth hate you;

14 ¶ We know that we are passed from death unto life, in that we love the brethren. He that does not love his brother abides in death.

we -- we have known that we have passed out of the death to the life, because we love the brethren; he who is not loving the brother doth remain in the death.

15 W hosoever hates his brother is a murderer and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

Every one who is hating his brother -- a man-killer he is, and ye have known that no man-killer hath life age-during in him remaining,

16 I n this we have known the charity of God because he laid down his life for us; we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;

17 B ut whosoever has this world’s goods and sees his brother have need and shuts up his bowels of compassion from him, how does the charity of God abide in him?

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him -- how doth the love of God remain in him?

18 M y little children, let us not love in word neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!

19 A nd in this we know that we are of the truth and have our hearts certified before him.

and in this we know that of the truth we are, and before Him we shall assure our hearts,

20 ¶ And if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

because if our heart may condemn -- because greater is God than our heart, and He doth know all things.

21 B eloved, if our heart does not condemn us, then we have confidence in God;

Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God,

22 a nd whatsoever we ask, we receive of him because we keep his commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,

23 ¶ And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he has commanded us.

and this is His command, that we may believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and may love one another, even as He did give command to us,

24 A nd he that keeps his commandments dwells in him, and he in him. And in this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

and he who is keeping His commands, in Him he doth remain, and He in him; and in this we know that He doth remain in us, from the Spirit that He gave us.