GetPassageurn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:62urn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:62That which was from [ the ] beginning , that which we have heard , which we have seen with our eyes ; that which we contemplated , and our hands handled , concerning the word of life ; ( and the life has been manifested , and we have seen , and bear witness , and report to you the eternal life , which was with the Father , and has been manifested to us : ) that which we have seen and heard we report to you , that * ye * also may have fellowship with us ; and our fellowship [ is ] indeed with the Father , and with his Son Jesus Christ . And these things write we to you that your joy may be full . And this is the message which we have heard from him , and declare to you , that God is light , and in him is no darkness at all . If we say that we have fellowship with him , and walk in darkness , we lie , and do not practise the truth . But if we walk in the light as * he * is in the light , we have fellowship with one another , and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin . If we say that we have no sin , we deceive ourselves , and the truth is not in us . If we confess our sins , he is faithful and righteous to forgive us [ our ] sins , and cleanse us from all unrighteousness . If we say that we have not sinned , we make him a liar , and his word is not in us . My children , these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin ; and if any one sin , we have a patron with the Father , Jesus Christ [ the ] righteous ; and * he * is the propitiation for our sins ; but not for ours alone , but also for the whole world . And hereby we know that we know him , if we keep his commandments . He that says , I know him , and does not keep his commandments , is a liar , and the truth is not in him ; but whoever keeps his word , in him verily the love of God is perfected . Hereby we know that we are in him . He that says he abides in him ought , even as * he * walked , himself also [ so ] to walk . Beloved , I write no new commandment to you , but an old commandment , which ye have had from the beginning . The old commandment is the word which ye heard . Again , I write a new commandment to you , which thing is true in him and in you , because the darkness is passing and the true light already shines . He who says he is in the light , and hates his brother , is in the darkness until now . He that loves his brother abides in light , and there is no occasion of stumbling in him . But he that hates his brother is in the darkness , and walks in the darkness , and knows not where he goes , because the darkness has blinded his eyes . I write to you , children , because [ your ] sins are forgiven you for his name's sake . I write to you , fathers , because ye have known him [ that is ] from the beginning . I write to you , young men , because ye have overcome the wicked [ one ] . I write to you , little children , because ye have known the Father . I have written to you , fathers , because ye have known him [ that is ] from the beginning . I have written to you , young men , because ye are strong , and the word of God abides in you , and ye have overcome the wicked [ one ] . Love not the world , nor the things in the world . If any one love the world , the love of the Father is not in him ; because 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 . And the world is passing , and its lust , but he that does the will of God abides for eternity . Little children , it is [ the ] last hour , and , according as ye have heard that antichrist comes , even now there have come many antichrists , whence we know that it is [ the ] last hour . They went out from among us , but they were not of us ; for if they had been of us , they would have surely remained with us , but that they might be made manifest that none are of us . And * ye * have [ the ] unction from the holy [ one ] , and ye know all things . I have not written to you because ye do not know the truth , but because ye know it , and that no lie is of the truth . Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ ? * He * is the antichrist who denies the Father and the Son . Whoever denies the Son has not the Father either ; he who confesses the Son has the Father also . As for * you * let that which ye have heard from the beginning abide in you : if what ye have heard from the beginning abides in you , * ye * also shall abide in the Son and in the Father . And this is the promise which * he * has promised us , life eternal . These things have I written to you concerning those who lead you astray : and * yourselves * , the unction which ye have received from him abides in you , and ye have not need that any one should teach you ; but as the same unction teaches you as to all things , and is true and is not a lie , and even as it has taught you , ye shall abide in him . And now , children , abide in him , that if he be manifested we may have boldness , and not be put to shame from before him at his coming . If ye know that he is righteous , know that every one who practises righteousness is begotten of him . See what love the Father has given to us , that we should be called [ the ] children of God . For this reason the world knows us not , because it knew him not . Beloved , now are we children of God , and what we shall be has not yet been manifested ; we know that if it is manifested we shall be like him , for we shall see him as he is . And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself , even as * he * is pure . Every one that practises sin practises also lawlessness ; and sin is lawlessness . And ye know that * he * has been manifested that he might take away our sins ; and in him sin is not . Whoever abides in him , does not sin : whoever sins , has not seen him or known him . Children , let no man lead you astray ; he that practises righteousness is righteous , even as * he * is righteous . He that practises sin is of the devil ; for from [ the ] beginning the devil sins . To this end the Son of God has been manifested , that he might undo the works of the devil . Whoever has been begotten of God does not practise sin , because his seed abides in him , and he cannot sin , because he has been begotten of God . In this are manifest the children of God and the children of the devil . Whoever does not practise righteousness is not of God , and he who does not love his brother . For this is the message which ye have heard from the beginning , that we should love one another : not as Cain was of the wicked one , and slew his brother ; and on account of what slew he him ? because his works were wicked , and those of his brother righteous . Do not wonder , brethren , if the world hate you . * We * know that we have passed from death to life , because we love the brethren . He who does not love [ his ] brother abides in death . Every one that hates his brother is a murderer , and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him . Hereby we have known love , because * he * has laid down his life for us ; and * we * ought for the brethren to lay down [ our ] lives . But whoso may have the world's substance , and see his brother having need , and shut up his bowels from him , how abides the love of God in him ? Children , let us not love with word , nor with tongue , but in deed and in truth . And hereby we shall know that we are of the truth , and shall persuade our hearts before him -- that if our heart condemn us , God is greater than our heart and knows all things . Beloved , if our heart condemn us not , we have boldness towards God , and whatsoever we ask we receive from him , because we keep his commandments , and practise the things which are pleasing in his sight . And this is his commandment , that we believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ , and that we love one another , even as he has given us commandment . And he that keeps his commandments abides in him , and he in him . And hereby we know that he abides in us , by the Spirit which he has given to us . Beloved , believe not every spirit , but prove the spirits , if they are of God ; because many false prophets are gone out into the world . Hereby ye know the Spirit of God : every spirit which confesses Jesus Christ come in flesh is of God ; and every spirit which does not confess Jesus Christ come in flesh is not of God : and this is that [ power ] of the antichrist , [ of ] which ye have heard that it comes , and now it is already in the world . * Ye * are of God , children , and have overcome them , because greater is he that [ is ] in you than he that [ is ] in the world . * They * are of the world ; for this reason they speak [ as ] of the world , and the world hears them . * We * are of God ; he that knows God hears us ; he who is not of God does not hear us . From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error . Beloved , let us love one another ; because love is of God , and every one that loves has been begotten of God , and knows God . He that loves not has not known God ; for God is love . Herein as to us has been manifested the love of God , that God has sent his only begotten Son into the world , that we might live through him . Herein is love , not that we loved God , but that he loved us , and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins . Beloved , if God has so loved us , we also ought to love one another . No one has seen God at any time : if we love one another , God abides in us , and his love is perfected in us . Hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us , that he has given to us of his Spirit . And * we * have seen , and testify , that the Father has sent the Son [ as ] Saviour of the world . Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God , God abides in him , and he in God . And * we * have known and have believed the love which God has to us . God is love , and he that abides in love abides in God , and God in him . Herein has love been perfected with us that we may have boldness in the day of judgment , that even as * he * is , * we * also are in this world . There is no fear in love , but perfect love casts out fear ; for fear has torment , and he that fears has not been made perfect in love . * We * love because * he * has first loved us . If any one say , I love God , and hate his brother , he is a liar : for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen , how can he love God whom he has not seen ? And this commandment have we from him , That he that loves God love also his brother . Every one that believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God ; and every one that loves him that has begotten loves also him that is begotten of him . Hereby know we that we love the children of God , when we love God and keep his commandments . For this is the love of God , that we keep his commandments ; and his commandments are not grievous . For all that has been begotten of God gets the victory over the world ; and this is the victory which has gotten the victory over the world , our faith . Who is he that gets the victory over the world , but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God ? This is he that came by water and blood , Jesus [ the ] Christ ; not by water only , but by water and blood . And it is the Spirit that bears witness , for the Spirit is the truth . For they that bear witness are three : the Spirit , and the water , and the blood ; and the three agree in one . If we receive the witness of men , the witness of God is greater . For this is the witness of God [ which ] he has witnessed concerning his Son . He that believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself ; he that does not believe God has made him a liar , because he has not believed in the witness which God has witnessed concerning his Son . And this is the witness , that God has given to us eternal life ; and this life is in his Son . He that has the Son has life : he that has not the Son of God has not life . These things have I written to you that ye may know that ye have eternal life who believe on the name of the Son of God . And this is the boldness which we have towards him , that if we ask him anything according to his will he hears us . And if we know that he hears us , whatsoever we ask , we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him . If any one see his brother sinning a sin not unto death , he shall ask , and he shall give him life , for those that do not sin unto death . There is a sin to death : I do not say of that that he should make a request . Every unrighteousness is sin ; and there is a sin not to death . We know that every one begotten of God does not sin , but he that has been begotten of God keeps himself , and the wicked [ one ] does not touch him . We know that we are of God , and the whole world lies in the wicked [ one ] . And we know that the Son of God has come , and has given us an understanding that we should know him that [ is ] true ; and we are in him that [ is ] true , in his Son Jesus Christ . He is the true God and eternal life . Children , keep yourselves from idols .