1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled concerning the Word of life
2 (for life was manifested, and we have seen it, and we testify , and we proclaim to you eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us);
3 We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us; and our communion truly is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
4 We write these things to you, so that your joy may be full.
5 This is the message that we have heard from him, and we announce to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practice the truth;
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
1 My little children, I write these things to you so that you do not sin; And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins; and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world.
3 And by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
5 But whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God has been made perfect; by this we know that we are in it.
6 He who says he abides in him must walk as he walked.
7 Brethren, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but the old commandment which you have had from the beginning; This ancient commandment is the word that you have heard from the beginning.
8 However, I am writing to you a new commandment, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is now shining.
9 He who says that he is in the light, and hates his brother, is still in darkness.
10 He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no stumbling in him.
11 But he who hates his brother is in darkness, and he walks in darkness, and he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
12 I write to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven for the sake of his name.
13 I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you have defeated the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you have known the Father.
14 I have written to you, fathers, because you have known him who he is from the beginning. I have written to you, young people, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
15 Do not love the world, nor the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not from the Father, but from the world.
17 And the world passes away, and its desires; but he who does the will of God remains forever.
18 Little children, it is the last time; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have arisen; This is why we know that it is the last time.
19 They came out from us, but they were not of us; because if they had been ours, they would have remained with us; but they came out so that it would be shown that not all of them are of us.
20 But you have the anointing of the Holy One, and you know all things.
21 I have not written to you as if you were ignorant of the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie comes from the truth.
22 Who is the liar, except he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.
23 Anyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. He who confesses the Son, he also has the Father.
24 Let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and the Father.
25 And this is the promise he made to us, eternal life.
26 I have written this to you about those who deceive you.
27 But the anointing that you received from him remains in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; Just as the anointing itself teaches you all things, and is true, and is no lie, as it has taught you, abide in it.
28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence, so that at his coming we may not turn away from him in shame.
29 If you know that he is righteous, know also that everyone who does righteousness is born of him.
1 See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; This is why the world does not know us, because it did not know him.
2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we will be; but we know that when he appears, we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.
3 And everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.
4 Everyone who commits sin also breaks the law; for sin is a violation of the law.
5 And you know that he appeared to take away our sins, and there is no sin in him.
6 Whoever abides in him does not sin; everyone who sins has not seen him or known him.
7 Little children, let no one deceive you; He who does justice is just, as he is just.
8 He who practices sin is of the devil; because the devil sins from the beginning. For this the Son of God appeared, to undo the works of the devil.
9 Everyone who is born of God does not sin, because the seed of God remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10 In this the children of God are manifested, and the children of the devil: whoever does not do justice, and who does not love his brother, is not of God.
11 For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: That we love one another.
12 Not like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And for what reason did he kill him? For his works were evil, and his brother’s works were righteous.
13 My brothers, do not be surprised if the world hates you.
14 We know that we have passed from death to life, in that we love our brothers. He who does not love his brother remains in death.
15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
16 By this we have known love, that he laid down his life for us; We also have to put our lives for our brothers.
17 But he who has the goods of this world and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart against her, how does the love of God abide in him?
18 My little children, let us not love in word or tongue, but in deed and truth.
19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and we will establish our hearts before him;
20 For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows all things.
21 Beloved, if our heart does not rebuke us, we have confidence in God;
22 and whatever we ask we will receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
23 And this is his commandment: That we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another as he commanded us.
24 And he who keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And in this we know that he abides in us, through the Spirit that he has given us.
1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are from God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
2 By this know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God;
3 and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not from God; and this is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and which is now in the world.
4 Little children, you are from God, and you have overcome them; for greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.
5 They are of the world; That’s why they talk about the world, and the world hears them.
6 We are from God; He who knows God hears us; He who is not of God, he does not hear us. In this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error
7 Beloved, let us love one another; because love is from God. Everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God.
8 He who does not love, he has not known God; because God is love.
9 In this the love of God toward us was shown, in that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10 In this is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11 Beloved, if God has loved us so, we must also love one another.
12 No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God abides in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
13 By this we know that we abide in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son, the Savior of the world.
15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love; and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
17 By this love has been perfected in us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for as he is, so are we in this world.
18 In love there is no fear, but perfect love casts out fear; because fear carries within itself punishment. Hence he who fears, he has not been perfected in love.
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
20 If anyone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
21 And we have this commandment from him: He who loves God, let him also love his brother.
1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and everyone who loves him who begot also loves him who was begotten by him.
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not burdensome.
4 For everything that is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world, our faith.
5 Who is he who overcomes the world, except he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
6 This is Jesus Christ, who came by water and blood; not through water alone, but through water and blood. And the Spirit is the one who bears witness; because the Spirit is the truth.
7 For there are three who bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.
8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water and the blood; and these three agree.
9 If we receive the testimony of men, the greater is the testimony of God; for this is the testimony with which God has testified concerning his Son.
10 He who believes in the Son of God, he has the testimony in himself; He who does not believe God, he has made him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.
11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life; and this life is in his Son.
12 He who has the Son, he has life; He who does not have the Son of God does not have life
13 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 believe in the name of the Son of God.
14 And this is the confidence we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests we have made of him.
16 If anyone sees his brother committing a sin other than death, he will ask, and God will give him life; This is for those who commit sin other than death. There is a sin of death, for which I do not say to ask.
17 All injustice is sin; but there is sin not of death.
18 We know that everyone who is born of God does not practice sin, because He who was begotten of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.
19 We know that we are from God, and the whole world is under the evil one.
20 But we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding to know him who is true; and we are in the true one, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
21 Little children, beware of idols. Amen.
