You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, ¹  because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you which is true in him ¹  and in you, because ²  the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. ³ 

But whoever has the world’s possessions ¹  and sees his fellow Christian ²  in need and shuts off his compassion against him, how can the love of God ³  reside ⁴  in such a person? ⁵ 

There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. ¹  The ²  one who fears punishment ³  has not been perfected in love.

If anyone says ¹  “I love God” and yet ²  hates his fellow Christian, ³  he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian ⁴  whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. ⁵ 

and he himself is the atoning sacrifice ¹  for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole world. ² 

The one who loves his fellow Christian ¹  resides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. ² 

And the world is passing away with all its desires, but the person who does the will of God remains ¹  forever.

Nevertheless you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. ¹ 

Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. The person who confesses the Son has the Father also. ¹ 

And everyone who has this hope focused ¹  on him purifies ²  himself, just as Jesus ³  is pure). ⁴ 

Everyone who practices sin ¹  also practices lawlessness; ²  indeed, ³  sin is lawlessness.

Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness ¹  is righteous, just as Jesus ²  is righteous.

Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God,

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

Dear friends, let us love one another, because ¹  love is from God, and everyone who loves ²  has been fathered ³  by God and knows God.

No one has seen God at any time. ¹  If we love one another, God resides ²  in us, and his love is perfected in us. ³ 

By this ¹  the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness – the one who does not love his fellow Christian ²  – is not of God.

not like Cain ¹  who was of the evil one and brutally ²  murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, but his brother’s were righteous.