I have written to you, children, that you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young people, that you are strong, and the word of God resides in you, and you have conquered the evil one.
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12Words of Reassurance I am writing to you, little children, that your sins have been forgiven because of his name.
13I am writing to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people, that you have conquered the evil one.
4You 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.
24As for you, what you have heard from the beginning must remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.
25Now this is the promise that he himself made to us: eternal life.
26These things I have written to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
27Now 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.
28Children of God 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.
29If you know that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been fathered by him.
15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,
6The one who says he resides in God ought himself to walk just as Jesus walked.
7Dear 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.
8On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
20Nevertheless you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know.
21I 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.
1¶ Introduction and Thanksgiving From the elder, to an elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth(and not I alone, but also all those who know the truth),
2because of the truth that resides in us and will be with us forever.
3Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
4I rejoiced greatly because I have found some of your children living according to the truth, just as the Father commanded us.
5Warning Against False Teachers But now I ask you, lady(not as if I were writing a new commandment to you, but the one we have had from the beginning), that we love one another.
6(Now this is love: that we walk according to his commandments.) This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning; thus you should walk in it.
7For many deceivers have gone out into the world, people who do not confess Jesus as Christ coming in the flesh. This person is the deceiver and the antichrist!
8Watch out, so that you do not lose the things we have worked for, but receive a full reward.
9Everyone who goes on ahead and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. The one who remains in this teaching has both the Father and the Son.
13Assurance of Eternal Life I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
1(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,
1¶ The Prologue to the Letter This is what we proclaim to you: what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched(concerning the word of life–
2and 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).
3What 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).
4Thus we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
5God Is Light, So We Must Walk in the Light 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.
14You, however, must continue in the things you have learned and are confident about. You know who taught you
11God Is Love, So We Must Love One Another For this is the gospel message that you have heard from the beginning: that we should love one another,
7Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Jesus is righteous.
8The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil.
19We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
20And 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.
21Little children, guard yourselves from idols.
11Dear friend, do not imitate what is bad but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does what is bad has not seen God.
12Worthy Demetrius Demetrius has been testified to by all, even by the truth itself. We also testify to him, and you know that our testimony is true.
17And the world is passing away with all its desires, but the person who does the will of God remains forever.
18Warning About False Teachers Children, it is the last hour, and just as you heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. We know from this that it is the last hour.
27and you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
1(See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God’s children– and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.
14We know that we have crossed over from death to life because we love our fellow Christians. The one who does not love remains in death.
14A Father’s Warning I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children.
17Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men and fall from your firm grasp on the truth.
2‘I know your works as well as your labor and steadfast endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil. You have even put to the test those who refer to themselves as apostles(but are not), and have discovered that they are false.
14Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,
4because everyone who has been fathered by God conquers the world. Testimony About the SonThis is the conquering power that has conquered the world: our faith.