unto you the life that is eternal, which was with the Father, and was made manifest unto us;

3. What we have seen and heard, we also shew unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: even indeed the fellowship that is our's with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

4. And these things write we, that our joy may be full.

5. As this is the promise which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is without concealment, yea, that in him is no concealment at all.

6. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in the concealment of it, we lie, and do not the truth:

7. But if we walk in the absence of concealment, as he exists in the absence of concealment, we have fellowship one with another, yea, the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from every kind of sin.

8. If we say that we have no kind of sin from which to be cleansed, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us,

9. Though we confess our sins, and he be faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from every kind of unrighteousness.

10. If we say that we have not become answerable for sin, we make him a liar, and his word is not with us.

CHAPTER II.

1. My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye become not answerable for sin as if any man becomes answerable for sin, we have a comforter with the Father, Jesus Christ, a justifier,

2. As he a reconciliation of man to God exists with respect to our sins: and not with respect to our's only, but also with respect to the sins of the whole world,

3. Though by this is it we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

4. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

5. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

6. He that saith he abideth in him, is under an obligation also so to walk, even as he walked.

7. Beloved, I write not a new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. An old commandment is the word which ye have now heard from me.

8. Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in relation to him and to you: it is this, that the concealment of truth is past, and the true absence of concealment now shineth.

9. He that saith he exists in the absence of concealment, and hateth his brother, exists in the concealment of truth even until now.

10. He that loveth his brother abideth in the absence of concealment, and there exists none occasion of stumbling in him.

11. But he that hateth his brother exists in the concealment of truth, and walketh in the concealment of truth, and knoweth not whither he goeth because that the concealment of truth hath blinded his eyes.

12. I write unto you, little children, that the sins that exist on account of his name have separated you from Christ.

13. I write unto you, fathers, that ye have known him that is from commencement of this dispensation. I write unto you, young men, that ye have overcome the wicked one.

14. I have written unto you, little children, because ye have knowledge of the Father. I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have knowledge that existed from commencement of this dispensation. I have written unto you, young men, because strong men, ye do exist, and the word that is in you doth abide, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

15. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the father is not in him.

16. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of this life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

17. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

18. Little children, there is an end of time: even as ye have heard that antichrist does come, and now many antichrists there are; wherefore we know that there is an end of time.

19. They went out of us, but they existed not

of us; for if they had existed of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might make manifest that all baptized exist not of us.

3. But every man that hath this hope in him keepeth himself pure, because that man a pure man exists.

4. Whosoever committeth the sin that keeps a man

21. I have not written unto you that ye know not the truth, but that ye do know it, so that every lie respecting the truth exists not.

22. Who is a liar if not he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is the antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son's attestation thereto.

23. Whosoever denieth the Son's attestation, the same holds not the Father's: but he that acknowledgeth the Son's, holds the Father's also.

24. Wait for what ye have heard from commencement among you, if among you that which ye have heard from commencement shall remain unattained; and ye shall abide in the Son, and in the Father.

25. Yea, this is the promise, which promised to you eternal life.

26. These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

27. As the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, so ye need not that any man teach you; because the same anointing teacheth you of all things; yea, truth it exists, and so is no lie, even as it hath taught you, abide in him.

28. Even now, little children, abide in him; that when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be made ashamed by him at his coming.

29. If ye know that he exists a righteous man, know, that every one that doeth the righteousness that he professeth is born of him.

CHAPTER III.

1. Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon you, that we should be called the sons of God on this account: the world acknowledgeth not us to be children, because it acknowledged not him to be a child.

2. Beloved, now being sons of God, we continue such; though it doth not yet appear what we shall be, we know, that when he shall appear, apparent we shall be to him; because we shall see him, we ourselves exist just as he exists.

stitute such a sin: for such a sin is the transgression of a law having such a penalty.

5. And ye know that he was manifested to take away the sins that keep a man impure; as in him is no sin retained.

6. Whosoever abideth in him, retaineth not sin : whosoever retaineth sin, hath not seen him, neither known him.

7. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that obtains the justification of Christ is justified, even as he is justified.

8. He that maketh the sin that keepeth a man impure is of the devil; for the devil retaineth sin from the beginning. On account of this was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

9. Whosoever is born of God doth not make sin to be retained; for his seed remaineth in him: indeed he cannot make sin to be retained, because he is born of God.

10. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever obtains not justification is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother's attainment of it.

11. For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, in order that we should love each other's justification.

12. Not as Cain who was after the wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore? he slew him because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

13. Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

14. We know, that we have passed from the death incurred by Adam in the life that is in Christ, that we should love the brethren. He that loveth not, abideth in death.

15. Whosoever hateth his own brother is a murderer; and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

16. Hereby perceive we the love that is required of us, because that man laid down his life for us,

ren.

17. Then whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

18. My little children, we should not love by a command, or by the tongue's persuasion to do so; but by the work and truth effected in so doing.

19. Hereby we know that we are now of the truth, and shall assure our hearts as to our state before him.

20. For if our heart condemns such assurance, verily God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

21. Beloved, if our heart condemns not such assurance, then obtains it confidence toward God.

22. Even that whatsoever we should ask for, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

23. Yea, this is his commandment, In order that we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

24. And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And by so doing, we know that he abideth in us by the spirit of reconciliation which he gave to us.

CHAPTER IV.

1. Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are accepted of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

2. Hereby know ye the spirit that is accepted of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is accepted of God:

3. But every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus is come in the flesh is not accepted of God: and this is that spirit of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now is in the world.

4. Already ye are accepted of God, little children, and have overcome them that are of the world: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

5. They are accepted of the world on this account:

6. We are accepted of God: he that knoweth God heareth us: he that is not accepted of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of the truth, and the spirit of the error respecting acceptance of God.

7. Beloved, we should love one another: for such love is accepted of God; and every one that so loveth has become accepted of God, and knoweth God.

8. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

9. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

10. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to exist a reconciliation for our sins.

11. Beloved, if God so loved us, verily we are under an obligation to one another to love God's children. No man yet hath been contemplated with admiration as perfect.

12. If we love one another, God dwelleth with us, and his love is perfected in us.

13. Hereby know we that we dwell with him, and he with us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

14. And we as Christians have been contemplated with admiration, and do testify, that the Father sent the Son to be a Saviour of the world.

15. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, God dwelleth with him, and he with God.

16. So have we known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love: and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth with God, and God with him.

17. Herein is the love unto us made perfect, that we may have confidence with respect to the day of judgment: because just as that man now is accepted of God, so are we in this world.

18. There is no fear in the love; for the perfect love vouchsafed casteth out fear, because fear hath torment; so he that feareth has not been made perfect in that love.

19. We love, because he first loved us.

20. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his

brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother who hath attended to God, is not able to love him who hath not attended to him.

21. And the commandment so to judge have we from him, In order that he who loveth God should love his brother also.

CHAPTER V.

1. Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is accepted of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him that is begotten of him.

2. Herein we acknowledge that we should love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

3. For this the love of God includes, that we be regarded to keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

4. For whatsoever is appointed of God overcometh the world: hence the victory that overcometh the world is our faith.

5. And who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

6. This he is that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ is; not by water only, but by the water and the blood of the gospel ordinance: as it is the Spirit that beareth witness thereto, even the Spirit that is truth it is.

7. So there are three agents that bear record, 8. The spirit, and the water, and the blood: yet these three exist in one thing attested.

9. If we receive the witness of men thereto, the witness of God becomes greater: for similar is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.

10. He that believeth in the Son of God holds the witness in himself: he that believeth not God's

witness hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

11. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life; and this, that the life that is in his Son exists.

12. He that hath the Son hath the life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.

13. These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have an eternal life that believe on the name of the Son of God.

14. And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

15. And if it is possible for us to know that he heareth us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

16. If any man see his brother pursuing sin which is not to be punished with death, he shall ask for and give to him a place in life with them that sin not sins to be punished with death. There is sin that is to be punished with death: I do not speak concerning that, that he should pray.

17. All unrighteousness is sin: and so there is a sin not to be punished with death.

18. We know that whosoever is born of God does not sin; yea he that is begotten of God observeth him, so the wicked one binds him not.

19. And we know that we are of God, and the world rests complete in wickedness.

20. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know the true God; and so we exist in the true God in his Son in the Dispensation of Jesus. This discloses the true God, and eternal life.

21. Little children, keep yourselves from the false Gods presented to you.

CHAPTER I.

1. The presbyter unto the elect lady and her children, whom I truly love; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth.

2. On account of the truth which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever,

3. Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father shall be with us in truth and love.

4. I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth.

5. As we have received a commandment from the Father, verily now I beseech thee, lady, not as though in so doing I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, in order that we should love one another.

6. And this is the love which God requires of us, in order that we walk after his commandments. This love the commandment exists, As ye have heard from the beginning, in order that ye should walk in it.

JOHN.

7. Because many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist to which I refer.

8. Look to yourselves, that ye lose not those things which ye have wrought among you, but that ye receive a full reward.

9. Whosoever leadeth out or abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

10. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him for his course God speed:

11. For he that biddeth him for his course God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

12. Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that your joy may be full.

13. The children of thy elect sister greet thee.

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