These things I have written to you about those who are trying to deceive you.

I am writing to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people, that you have conquered the evil one.

Thus we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.

I am writing to you, little children, that your sins have been forgiven because of his name.

I have written to you, children, that you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young people, that you are strong, and the word of God resides in you, and you have conquered the evil one.

(My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One,

I have not written to you that you do not know the truth, but that you do know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have already heard.

On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.