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

My 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.

2 A nd he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

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

3 T his is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.

We can be sure that we know Him if we obey His teaching.

4 O ne who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.

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

5 B ut whoever keeps his word, God’s love has most certainly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:

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

6 h e who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.

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

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

Dear 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.

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

And 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.

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

Whoever says he is in the light but hates his brother is still in darkness.

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

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

11 B ut he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Whoever 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

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

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

13 I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you 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 power over the devil. I have written to you, young boys and girls, because you have learned to know the Father.

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

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.

15 D on’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love 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, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.

For 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.

17 T he world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.

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

18 L ittle children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour.

My 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.

19 T hey went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.

These 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.

20 Y ou have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.

The Holy Spirit has been given to you and you all know the truth.

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

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.

22 W ho is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

Who 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.

23 W hoever denies the Son, the same doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.

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.

24 T herefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.

Keep 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.

25 T his is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.

And He has promised us life that lasts forever!

26 T hese things I have written to you concerning those who would lead you astray.

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

27 A s for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.

Christ 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.

28 N ow, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

And 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.

29 I f you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

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