1 M y dear children, I am writing this to you so you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, there is One Who will go between him and the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the One Who is right with God.

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

2 H e paid for our sins with His own blood. He did not pay for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world.

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

3 W e can be sure that we know Him if we obey His teaching.

And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

4 A nyone who says, “I know Him,” but does not obey His teaching is a liar. There is no truth in him.

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

5 B ut whoever obeys His Word has the love of God made perfect in him. This is the way to know if you belong to Christ.

but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:

6 T he one who says he belongs to Christ should live the same kind of life Christ lived.

he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.

7 D ear friends, I am not writing a new Law for you to obey. It is an old Law you have had from the beginning. The old Law is the Word that you have heard.

Beloved, no new commandment write I unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye heard.

8 A nd yet it is a new Law that I am writing to you. It is truth. It was seen in Christ and it is seen in you also. The darkness is passing away and the true Light shines instead.

Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth.

9 W hoever says he is in the light but hates his brother is still in darkness.

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

10 B ut whoever loves his brother is in the light. And there will be no reason to sin because of him.

He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.

11 W hoever hates his brother is not in the light but lives in darkness. He does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes. Do Not Love the World

But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

12 I am writing to you, my children, for your sins have been forgiven because of Christ’s name.

I write unto you, my little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him Who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have power over the devil. I have written to you, young boys and girls, because you have learned to know the Father.

I write unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil one. I have written unto you, little children, because ye know the Father.

14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him Who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong. You have kept God’s Word in your hearts. You have power over the devil.

I have written unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the evil one.

15 D o not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love is not in him.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

16 F or everything that is in the world does not come from the Father. The desires of our flesh and the things our eyes see and want and the pride of this life come from the world.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

17 T he world and all its desires will pass away. But the man who obeys God and does what He wants done will live forever.

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

18 M y children, we are near the end of the world. You have heard that the false-christ is coming. Many false-christs have already come. This is how we know the end of the world is near.

Little children, it is the last hour: and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now have there arisen many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour.

19 T hese left us. But they never belonged to us. If they had been a part of us, they would have stayed with us. Because they left, it is known they did not belong to us.

They 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 they all are not of us.

20 T he Holy Spirit has been given to you and you all know the truth.

And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and ye know all the things.

21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth. I have written because you do know the truth and you know that no lie comes from the truth.

I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

22 W ho is a liar? He is a person who says that Jesus is not the Christ. The false-christ will have nothing to do with the Father and the Son and he will turn away from Them.

Who is the liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, even he that denieth the Father and the Son.

23 A person who will have nothing to do with the Son and turns against Him does not have the Father. The one who says he knows the Son has the Father also.

Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.

24 K eep in your heart what you have heard from the beginning. Then you will belong to the Son and to the Father if what you have heard from the beginning is in you.

As for you, let that abide in you which ye heard from the beginning. If that which ye heard from the beginning abide in you, ye also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father.

25 A nd He has promised us life that lasts forever!

And this is the promise which he promised us, even the life eternal.

26 I have written to you about those who are trying to lead you in the wrong way.

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

27 C hrist gave you the Holy Spirit and He lives in you. You do not need anyone to teach you. The Holy Spirit is able to teach you all things. What He teaches you is truth and not a lie. Live by the help of Christ as the Holy Spirit has taught you.

And as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any one teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you; concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him.

28 A nd now, my children, live by the help of Him. Then when He comes again, we will be glad to see Him and not be ashamed.

And now, my little children, abide in him; that, if he shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

29 Y ou know that Christ is right with God. Then you should know that everyone who is right with God is a child of His.

If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.