The one who loves his fellow Christian resides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

Now this is the promise that he himself made to us: eternal life.

And everyone who has this hope focused on him purifies himself, just as Jesus is pure).

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

They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world’s perspective and the world listens to them.

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

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.

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.

If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is not in us.

(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.

Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. The person who confesses the Son has the Father also.

Everyone who hates his fellow Christian is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.

We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians.

that if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience and knows all things.

You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God resides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

By this we know that we reside in God and he in us: in that he has given us of his Spirit.

If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides in him and he in God.

By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and obey his commandments.