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, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, 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 Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.

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

By this we know that we have come to 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.

The one who says, “ I have come to know Him,” and does not keep 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 whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this 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.

the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner 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, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have 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.

On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true Light is already shining.

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

The one who says he is in the Light and yet hates his brother is in the darkness until now.

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

The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for 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 the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

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

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been 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 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 overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you 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 to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been 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 evil one. Do Not Love the World

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.

Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves 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 boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from 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.

The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.

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.

Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this 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 really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us.

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

But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know.

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 to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do 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 the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies 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.

Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has 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 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. The Promise Is Eternal Life

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

This is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life.

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

These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you.

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.

As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you 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.

Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame 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 you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of Him.