1 M y little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one,

2 A nd He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. The Test of Knowing Him

and he -- he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,

3 N ow by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.

and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep;

4 H e who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

he who is saying, `I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;

5 B ut whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.

and whoever may keep his word, truly in him the love of God hath been perfected; in this we know that in him we are.

6 H e who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.

He who is saying in him he doth remain, ought according as he walked also himself so to walk.

7 B rethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.

Brethren, a new command I write not to you, but an old command, that ye had from the beginning -- the old command is the word that ye heard from the beginning;

8 A gain, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

again, a new command I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness doth pass away, and the true light doth now shine;

9 H e who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now.

he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now;

10 H e who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

he who is loving his brother, in the light he doth remain, and a stumbling-block in him there is not;

11 B ut he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. Their Spiritual State

and he who is hating his brother, in the darkness he is, and in the darkness he doth walk, and he hath not known whither he doth go, because the darkness did blind his eyes.

12 I write to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake.

I write to you, little children, because the sins have been forgiven you through his name;

13 I write to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, Because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, Because you have known the Father.

I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him who from the beginning; I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil. I write to you, little youths, because ye have known the Father:

14 I have written to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, Because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, And you have overcome the wicked one. Do Not Love the World

I did write to you, fathers, because ye have known him who from the beginning; I did write to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God in you doth remain, and ye have overcome the evil.

15 D o not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

16 F or all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.

because all that in the world -- the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life -- is not of the Father, but of the world,

17 A nd the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever. Deceptions of the Last Hour

and the world doth pass away, and the desire of it, and he who is doing the will of God, he doth remain -- to the age.

18 L ittle children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.

Little youths, it is the last hour; and even as ye heard that the antichrist doth come, even now antichrists have become many -- whence we know that it is the last hour;

19 T hey went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.

out of us they went forth, but they were not of us, for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but -- that they might be manifested that they are not all of us.

20 B ut you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.

And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and have known all things;

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

I did not write to you because ye have not known the truth, but because ye have known it, and because no lie is of the truth.

22 W ho is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.

Who is the liar, except he who is denying that Jesus is the Christ? this one is the antichrist who is denying the Father and the Son;

23 W hoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also. Let Truth Abide in You

every one who is denying the Son, neither hath he the Father,

24 T herefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

Ye, then, that which ye heard from the beginning, in you let it remain; if in you may remain that which from the beginning ye did hear, ye also in the Son and in the Father shall remain,

25 A nd this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life.

and this is the promise that He did promise us -- the life the age-during.

26 T hese things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you.

These things I did write to you concerning those leading you astray;

27 B ut the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him. The Children of God

and you, the anointing that ye did receive from him, in you it doth remain, and ye have no need that any one may teach you, but as the same anointing doth teach you concerning all, and is true, and is not a lie, and even as was taught you, ye shall remain in him.

28 A nd now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.

And now, little children, remain in him, that when he may be manifested, we may have boldness, and may not be ashamed before him, in his presence;

29 I f you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.

if ye know that he is righteous, know ye that every one doing the righteousness, of him hath been begotten.