1My little children, I write these things to you so] that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ [the] righteous. 2And He is [the] propitiation concerning our sins, and not concerning ours only, but also concerning [the sins of] all the world. 3And by this we know that we have known Him, if we keep His commandments. 4He who says, I have known Him, and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5But whoever keeps His Word, truly in this one the love of God is perfected. By this we know that we are in Him. 6He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk even as He walked. 7Brothers, I do not write a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from [the] beginning. The old commandment is the word which you have heard from [the] beginning. 8Again, I write a new commandment to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true Light now shines. 9He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in darkness until now. 10He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no offense in him. 11But he who hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because darkness has blinded his eyes. 12I write to you, little children, because [your] sins are forgiven you for His name's sake. 13I write to you, fathers, because you have known Him [who is] from [the] beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you have known the Father. 14I write to you, fathers, because you have known Him [who is] from [the] beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one. 15Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him, 16because all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17And the world passes away, and the lust of it, but he who does the will of God abides forever. 18Little children, it is the last time. And just as you have heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have risen up, from which we know that it is the last hour. 19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they were of us, they would have continued with us. But [they went out] so that it might be revealed that they were not all of us. 20But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things. 21I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and know that no lie is of the truth. 22Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He who denies the Father and the Son is antichrist. 23Everyone who denies the Son neither has the Father. The [one] confessing the Son also has the Father. 24Therefore what you heard from the beginning, let it abide in you. If what you heard from [the] beginning remains in you, you will abide in both the Son and in the Father. 25And this is the promise that He has promised us: everlasting life. 26These [things] I have written to you concerning those leading you astray. 27But the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as His anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true and no lie, and as He has taught you, abide in Him. 28And now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He is revealed, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him in His coming. 29If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who does righteousness has been born of Him.