1Behold[G1492], what manner[G4217] of love[G26] the Father[G3962] hath bestowed[G1325] upon us[G2254], that[G2443] we should be called[G2564] the sons[G5043] of God[G2316]: therefore[G1223] the world[G2889]knoweth[G1097]us[G2248]not[G3756], because[G3754] it knew[G1097]him[G846]not[G3756].
2Beloved[G27], now[G3568] are we[G2070] the sons[G5043] of God[G2316], and[G2532] it doth[G5319] not yet[G3768]appear[G5319]what[G5101]we[G2070] shall be[G2071]: but[G1161]we[G2070]know[G1492]that[G3754], when[G1437] he shall appear[G5319], we[G2070] shall be[G2071]like[G3664]him[G846]; for[G3754]we[G2070] shall see[G3700]him[G846]as[G2531] he is[G2076].
3And[G2532] every man[G3956] that hath[G2192]this[G5026]hope[G1680]in[G1909]him[G846]purifieth[G48]himself[G1438], even as[G2531]he[G1565]is[G2076]pure[G53].
4Whosoever[G3956]committeth[G4160]sin[G266]transgresseth[G4160]also[G2532] the law[G458]: for[G2532]sin[G266]is[G2076] the transgression of the law[G458].
5And[G2532] ye know[G1492]that[G3754]he[G1565] was manifested[G5319]to[G2443] take away[G142]our[G2257]sins[G266]; and[G2532]in[G1722]him[G846]is[G2076]no[G3756]sin[G266].
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Little children[G5040], let[G4105] no man[G3367]deceive[G4105]you[G5209]: he[G1565] that doeth[G4160]righteousness[G1343]is[G2076]righteous[G1342], even as[G2531]he[G1565]is[G2076]righteous[G1342].
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He that[G2443]committeth[G4160]sin[G266]is[G2076]of[G1537] the devil[G1228]; for[G3754] the devil[G1228]sinneth[G264]from[G575] the beginning[G746]. For[G1519] this purpose[G5124] the Son[G5207]of[G1537]God[G2316] was manifested[G5319], that[G2443] he might destroy[G3089] the works[G2041]of[G1537] the devil[G1228].
9Whosoever[G3956] is born[G1080]of[G1537]God[G2316]doth[G4160]not[G3756] commit sin[G266]; for[G3754]his[G846]seed[G4690]remaineth[G3306]in[G1722]him[G846]: and[G2532] he cannot[G3756]sin[G264], because[G3754] he is born[G1080]of[G1537]God[G2316].
10In[G1722]this[G5129] the children[G5043]of[G1537]God[G2316]are[G2076]manifest[G5318], and[G2532] the children[G5043]of[G1537] the devil[G1228]: whosoever[G3956]doeth[G4160]not[G3361]righteousness[G1343]is[G2076]not[G3756]of[G1537]God[G2316], neither[G2532] he that loveth[G25]not[G3756]his[G846]brother[G80].
11For[G3754]this[G3778]is[G2076] the message[G31]that[G3739] ye heard[G191]from[G575] the beginning[G746], that[G2443] we should love[G25] one another[G240].
12Not[G3756]as[G2531]Cain[G2535], who was[G2258]of[G1537] that wicked one[G4190], and[G2532]slew[G4969]his[G846]brother[G80]. And[G2532]wherefore[G5484]slew[G4969] he him?[G846]Because[G3754]his[G846]own[G846]works[G2041]were[G2258]evil[G4190], and[G1161]his[G846]brother[G80]'s righteous[G1342].
13Marvel[G2296]not[G3361], my[G3450]brethren[G80], if[G1487] the world[G2889]hate[G3404]you[G5209].
14We[G2249]know[G1492]that[G3754]we[G2249] have passed[G3327]from[G1537]death[G2288]unto[G1519]life[G2222], because[G3754]we[G2249]love[G25] the brethren[G80]. He that[G3754]loveth[G25]not[G3361] his brother[G80]abideth[G3306]in[G1722]death[G2288].
15Whosoever[G3956]hateth[G3404]his[G846]brother[G80]is[G2076] a murderer[G443]: and[G2532] ye know[G1492]that[G3754]no[G3756]murderer[G443]hath[G2192]eternal[G166]life[G2222]abiding[G3306]in[G1722]him[G846].
16Hereby[G1722] perceive we[G1097] the love[G26] of God, because[G3754]he[G1565] laid down[G5087]his[G846]life[G5590]for[G5228]us[G2257]: and[G2532]we[G2249]ought[G3784] to lay down[G5087] our lives[G5590]for[G5228] the brethren[G80].
17But[G1161]whoso[G3739]hath[G2192] this world's good[G979], and[G2532]seeth[G2334]his[G846]brother[G80]have[G2192]need[G5532], and[G2532] shutteth up[G2808]his[G846]bowels[G4698] of compassion from[G575]him[G846], how[G4459]dwelleth[G3306] the love[G26] of God[G2316]in[G1722]him?[G846]
18My[G3450] little children[G5040], let us[G25]not[G3361]love[G25] in word[G3056], neither[G3366] in tongue[G1100]; but[G235] in deed[G2041]and[G2532] in truth[G225].
19And[G2532]hereby[G1722] we know[G1097]that[G3754] we are[G2070]of[G1537] the truth[G225], and[G2532] shall assure[G3982]our[G2257]hearts[G2588]before[G1715]him[G846].
20For[G3754]if[G1437]our[G2257]heart[G2588] condemn us[G2607], God[G2316]is[G2076]greater[G3187] than our[G2257]heart[G2588], and[G2532]knoweth[G1097] all things[G3956].
21Beloved[G27], if[G3362]our[G2257]heart[G2588]condemn[G2607]us[G2257]not[G3362], then have we[G2192]confidence[G3954]toward[G4314]God[G2316].
22And[G2532]whatsoever[G3739] we ask[G154], we receive[G2983]of[G3844]him[G846], because[G3754] we keep[G5083]his[G846]commandments[G1785], and[G2532]do[G4160] those things that are pleasing[G701] in his[G846]sight[G1799].
23And[G2532]this[G3778]is[G2076]his[G846]commandment[G1785], That[G2443] we should believe[G4100] on the name[G3686] of his[G846]Son[G5207]Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547], and[G2532]love[G25] one another[G240], as[G2531] he gave[G1325]us[G2254]commandment[G1785].
24And[G2532]he[G846]that[G3754]keepeth[G5083]his[G846]commandments[G1785]dwelleth[G3306]in[G1722]him[G846], and[G2532]he[G846]in[G1722]him[G846]. And[G2532]hereby[G1722] we know[G1097]that[G3754]he[G846]abideth[G3306]in[G1722]us[G2254], by[G1537] the Spirit[G4151]which[G3739]he[G846] hath given[G1325]us[G2254].