1 T he person who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God. The person who loves the Father loves His children also.

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him.

2 T his is the way we know we love God’s children. It is when we love God and obey His Word.

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.

3 L oving God means to obey His Word, and His Word is not hard to obey.

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.

4 E very child of God has power over the sins of the world. The way we have power over the sins of the world is by our faith.

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.

5 W ho could have power over the world except by believing that Jesus is the Son of God?

Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? The Certainty of God’s Witness

6 J esus Christ came by water and blood. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. The Holy Spirit speaks about this and He is truth.

This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.

7 T here are three Who speak of this in heaven: the Father and the Word and the Holy Spirit. These three are one.

For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.

8 T here are three who speak of this on the earth: the Holy Spirit and the water and the blood. These three speak the same thing.

And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.

9 I f we believe what men say, we can be sure what God says is more important. God has spoken as He has told us about His Son.

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son.

10 T he person who puts his trust in God’s Son knows in his own heart that Jesus is the Son of God. The person who does not have his trust in God’s Son makes God a liar. It is because he has not believed the word God spoke about His Son.

He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son.

11 T his is the word He spoke: God gave us life that lasts forever, and this life is in His Son.

And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

12 H e that has the Son has life. He that does not have the Son of God does not have life.

He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

13 I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God. Now you can know you have life that lasts forever.

These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. Confidence and Compassion in Prayer

14 W e are sure that if we ask anything that He wants us to have, He will hear us.

Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

15 I f we are sure He hears us when we ask, we can be sure He will give us what we ask for.

And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

16 Y ou may see a Christian brother sinning in a way that does not lead to death. You should pray for him. God will give him life unless he has done that sin that leads to death. There is a sin that leads to death. There is no reason to pray for him if he has done that sin.

If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that.

17 E very kind of wrong-doing is sin. But there is a sin that does not lead to death.

All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death. Knowing the True—Rejecting the False

18 W e know that no child of God keeps on sinning. The Son of God watches over him and the devil cannot get near him.

We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.

19 W e know that we belong to God, but the whole world is under the power of the devil.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.

20 W e know God’s Son has come. He has given us the understanding to know Him Who is the true God. We are joined together with the true God through His Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and the life that lasts forever.

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

21 M y children, keep yourselves from false gods.

Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.