- My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
- He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
- We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands.
- Whoever says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.
- But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him:
- Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.
- Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard.
- Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.
- Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness.
- Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.
- But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.
- I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.
- I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.
- I write to you, dear children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
- Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.
- For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.
- The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.