the Spirit and the water and the blood, and these three are in agreement.

and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us).

And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

And you know that Jesus was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.

And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence,

and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.

What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you may have fellowship with us (and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ).

But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness.

Jesus Christ is the one who came by water and blood – not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.

And now, little children, remain in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink away from him in shame when he comes back.

and he himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole world.

Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us insight to know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.

Nevertheless you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know.

Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.

not like Cain who was of the evil one and brutally murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, but his brother’s were righteous.