^{1 Ref} My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one,

^{2 Ref} and he -- he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,

^{3 Ref} and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep;

^{4 Ref} he who is saying, `I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;

^{5 Ref} and whoever may keep his word, truly in him the love of God hath been perfected; in this we know that in him we are.

^{6 Ref} He who is saying in him he doth remain, ought according as he walked also himself so to walk.

^{7 Ref} Brethren, a new command I write not to you, but an old command, that ye had from the beginning -- the old command is the word that ye heard from the beginning;

^{8 Ref} again, a new command I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness doth pass away, and the true light doth now shine;

^{9 Ref} he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now;

^{10 Ref} he who is loving his brother, in the light he doth remain, and a stumbling-block in him there is not;

^{11 Ref} and he who is hating his brother, in the darkness he is, and in the darkness he doth walk, and he hath not known whither he doth go, because the darkness did blind his eyes.

^{12 Ref} I write to you, little children, because the sins have been forgiven you through his name;

^{13 Ref} I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him who `is' from the beginning; I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil. I write to you, little youths, because ye have known the Father:

^{14 Ref} I did write to you, fathers, because ye have known him who `is' from the beginning; I did write to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God in you doth remain, and ye have overcome the evil.

^{15 Ref} Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

^{16 Ref} because all that `is' in the world -- the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life -- is not of the Father, but of the world,

^{17 Ref} and the world doth pass away, and the desire of it, and he who is doing the will of God, he doth remain -- to the age.

^{18 Ref} Little youths, it is the last hour; and even as ye heard that the antichrist doth come, even now antichrists have become many -- whence we know that it is the last hour;

^{19 Ref} out of us they went forth, but they were not of us, for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but -- that they might be manifested that they are not all of us.

^{20 Ref} And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and have known all things;

^{21 Ref} I did not write to you because ye have not known the truth, but because ye have known it, and because no lie is of the truth.

^{22 Ref} Who is the liar, except he who is denying that Jesus is the Christ? this one is the antichrist who is denying the Father and the Son;

^{23 Ref} every one who is denying the Son, neither hath he the Father, `he who is confessing the Son hath the Father also.'

^{24 Ref} Ye, then, that which ye heard from the beginning, in you let it remain; if in you may remain that which from the beginning ye did hear, ye also in the Son and in the Father shall remain,

^{25 Ref} and this is the promise that He did promise us -- the life the age-during.

^{26 Ref} These things I did write to you concerning those leading you astray;

^{27 Ref} and you, the anointing that ye did receive from him, in you it doth remain, and ye have no need that any one may teach you, but as the same anointing doth teach you concerning all, and is true, and is not a lie, and even as was taught you, ye shall remain in him.

^{28 Ref} And now, little children, remain in him, that when he may be manifested, we may have boldness, and may not be ashamed before him, in his presence;

^{29 Ref} if ye know that he is righteous, know ye that every one doing the righteousness, of him hath been begotten.

^{1 Ref} My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

^{2 Ref} and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

^{3 Ref} And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

^{4 Ref} He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

^{5 Ref} but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:

^{6 Ref} he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.

^{7 Ref} Beloved, no new commandment write I unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye heard.

^{8 Ref} Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth.

^{9 Ref} He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

^{10 Ref} He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.

^{11 Ref} But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

^{12 Ref} I write unto you, `my' little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

^{13 Ref} I write unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil one. I have written unto you, little children, because ye know the Father.

^{14 Ref} I have written unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the evil one.

^{15 Ref} Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

^{16 Ref} For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

^{17 Ref} And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

^{18 Ref} Little children, it is the last hour: and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now have there arisen many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour.

^{19 Ref} They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but `they went out', that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us.

^{20 Ref} And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and ye know all the things.

^{21 Ref} I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

^{22 Ref} Who is the liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, `even' he that denieth the Father and the Son.

^{23 Ref} Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.

^{24 Ref} As for you, let that abide in you which ye heard from the beginning. If that which ye heard from the beginning abide in you, ye also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father.

^{25 Ref} And this is the promise which he promised us, `even' the life eternal.

^{26 Ref} These things have I written unto you concerning them that would lead you astray.

^{27 Ref} And as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any one teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you; concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him.

^{28 Ref} And now, `my' little children, abide in him; that, if he shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

^{29 Ref} If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.