¹⁰ If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.

¹⁰ He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son.

⁸ If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.

³ O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free?

²⁵ And if it is not so, now, who will make it clear that my words are false, and that what I say is of no value?

¹⁶ Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.

⁴ The man who says, I have knowledge of him, and does not keep his laws, is false, and there is nothing true in him:

¹⁴ I have sent a letter to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I have sent a letter to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is in you, and because you have overcome the Evil One.

⁴ You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

² Because of this true knowledge which is in us, and will be with us for ever: