1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard,

which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon,

and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

1:2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen [it], and

bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was

with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

1:3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that

ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship

[is] with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

1:4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be

full.

1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and

declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness

at all.

1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in

darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have

fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his

Son cleanseth us from all sin.

1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the

truth is not in us.

1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive

us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and

his word is not in us.

2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye

sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the

Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours

only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.

2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his

commandments.

2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments,

is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God

perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to

walk, even as he walked.

2:7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old

commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old

commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

2:8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is

true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the

true light now shineth.

2:9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is

in darkness even until now.

2:10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there

is none occasion of stumbling in him.

2:11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh

in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that

darkness hath blinded his eyes.

2:12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are

forgiven you for his name's sake.

2:13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him [that

is] from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye

have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little

children, because ye have known the Father.

2:14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him

[that is] from the beginning. I have written unto you, young

men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you,

and ye have overcome the wicked one.

2:15 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.

2:16 For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and

the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the

Father, but is of the world.

2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he

that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard

that antichrist shall come, even now are there many

antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they

had been of us, they would [no doubt] have continued with us:

but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they

were not all of us.

2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all

things.

2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth,

but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ?

He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father:

[(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also].

2:24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from

the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning

shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in

the Father.

2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, [even]

eternal life.

2:26 These [things] have I written unto you concerning them that

seduce you.

2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in

you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same

anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no

lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall

appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him

at his coming.

2:29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one

that doeth righteousness is born of him.

3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon

us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the

world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet

appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall

appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself,

even as he is pure.

3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin

is the transgression of the law.

3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins;

and in him is no sin.

3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath

not seen him, neither known him.

3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth

righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil

sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was

manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed

remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children

of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God,

neither he that loveth not his brother.

3:11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning,

that we should love one another.

3:12 Not as Cain, [who] was of that wicked one, and slew his

brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were

evil, and his brother's righteous.

3:13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

3:14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because

we love the brethren. He that loveth not [his] brother abideth

in death.

3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know

that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

3:16 Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down

his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the

brethren.

3:17 But 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?

3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in

tongue; but in deed and in truth.

3:19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall

assure our hearts before him.

3:20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart,

and knoweth all things.

3:21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, [then] have we

confidence toward God.

3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep

his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his

sight.

3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the

name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave

us commandment.

3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and

he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the

Spirit which he hath given us.

4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits

whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone

out into the world.

4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that

confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is

come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that [spirit] of

antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even

now already is it in the world.

4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them:

because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the

world.

4:5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world,

and the world heareth them.

4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is

not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth,

and the spirit of error.

4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and

every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because

that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we

might live through him.

4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved

us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.

4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one

another.

4:12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another,

God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

4:13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because

he hath given us of his Spirit.

4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the

Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.

4:15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God

dwelleth in him, and he in God.

4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to

us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God,

and God in him.

4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness

in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this

world.

4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out

fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made

perfect in love.

4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.

4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a

liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how

can he love God whom he hath not seen?

4:21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth

God love his brother also.

5:1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God:

and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that

is begotten of him.

5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we

love God, and keep his commandments.

5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments:

and his commandments are not grievous.

5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this

is the victory that overcometh the world, [even] our faith.

5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth

that Jesus is the Son of God?

5:6 This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus

Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is

the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father,

the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit,

and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is

greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified

of his Son.

5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in

himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar;

because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal

life, and this life is in his Son.

5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; [and] he that hath not the

Son of God hath not life.

5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the

name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal

life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we

ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

5:15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know

that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin [which is] not unto

death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that

sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say

that he shall pray for it.

5:17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto

death.

5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he

that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one

toucheth him not.

5:19 [And] we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth

in wickedness.

5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us

an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are

in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is

the true God, and eternal life.

5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

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