^{7 Ref} Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous,

^{8 Ref} he who is doing the sin, of the devil he is, because from the beginning the devil doth sin; for this was the Son of God manifested, that he may break up the works of the devil;

^{9 Ref} every one who hath been begotten of God, sin he doth not, because his seed in him doth remain, and he is not able to sin, because of God he hath been begotten.

^{10 Ref} In this manifest are the children of God, and the children of the devil; every one who is not doing righteousness, is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother,