Little children, guard yourselves from idols.

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.

The one who says “I have come to know God” and yet does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in such a person.

But the one who hates his fellow Christian is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Now as for you, the anointing that you received from him resides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, it is true and is not a lie. Just as it has taught you, you reside in him.

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).

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).

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

Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments.

The one who says he is in the light but still hates his fellow Christian is still in the darkness.

Everyone who resides in him does not sin; everyone who sins has neither seen him nor known him.

Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Jesus is righteous.

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

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

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

Who is the liar but the person who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This one is the antichrist: the person who denies the Father and the Son.

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.

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.

And this is the confidence that we have before him: that whenever we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

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.