1My 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 : 2and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only , but also for the whole world . 3And hereby we know that we know him , if we keep his commandments . 4He that saith , I know him , and keepeth not his commandments , is a liar , and the truth is not in him ; 5but whoso keepeth his word , in him verily hath the love of God been perfected . Hereby we know that we are in him : 6he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked . 7Beloved, 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. 8Again , 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 . 9He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now . 10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light , and there is no occasion of stumbling in him . 11But 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 .
The New Commandment
12I write unto you , my little children , because your sins are forgiven you for his name ’s sake . 13I 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 . 14I 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 . 15Love 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 . 16For all that is in the world , the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life , is not of the Father , but is of the world . 17And the world passeth away , and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever .
Warning Against Worldliness
18Little 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 . 19They 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 . 20And ye have an anointing from the Holy One , and ye know all things . 21I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it , and because no lie is of the truth. 22Who 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 . 23Whosoever denieth the Son , the same hath not the Father : he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also . 24As 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 . 25And this is the promise which he promised us , even the life eternal. 26These things have I written unto you concerning them that would lead you astray . 27And 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 .
Children of God
28And 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 . 29If ye know that he is righteous , ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him .