<vn='1'><sn="3450">My</s> little <sn="5040">children</s>, these <sn="5023">things</s><sn="1125">write</s> I unto <sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> ye <sn="264">sin</s><sn="3361">not</s>. <sn="2532">And</s><sn="1437">if</s> any <sn="5100">man</s><sn="264">sin</s>, we <sn="2192">have</s> an <sn="3875">advocate</s><sn="4314">with</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3962">Father</s>, <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s> the <sn="1342">righteous</s>: </v>
<vn='2'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="846">he</s><sn="2076">is</s> the <sn="2434">propitiation</s><sn="4012">for</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="266">sins</s>: <sn="1161">and</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="4012">for</s><sn="2251">ours</s><sn="3440">only</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="4012">for</s> the sins of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3650">whole</s><sn="2889">world</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="1722 5129">hereby</s> we do <sn="1097">know</s><sn="3754">that</s> we <sn="1097">know</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="1437">if</s> we <sn="5083">keep</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="1785">commandments</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>He that <sn="3004">saith</s>, I <sn="1097">know</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5083">keepeth</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="1785">commandments</s>, <sn="2076">is</s> a <sn="5583">liar</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="225">truth</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5129">him</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3739 302">whoso</s><sn="5083">keepeth</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="3056">word</s>, <sn="1722">in</s><sn="5129">him</s><sn="230">verily</s> is <sn="3588">the</s><sn="26">love</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="5048">perfected</s>: <sn="1722 5129">hereby</s><sn="1097">know</s> we <sn="3754">that</s> we <sn="2070">are</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>He that <sn="3004">saith</s> he <sn="3306">abideth</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="3784">ought</s><sn="848">himself</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="3779">so</s> to <sn="4043">walk</s>, even <sn="2531">as</s><sn="1565">he</s><sn="4043">walked</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="80">Brethren</s>, I <sn="1125">write</s><sn="3756">no</s><sn="2537">new</s><sn="1785">commandment</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="235">but</s> an <sn="3820">old</s><sn="1785">commandment</s><sn="3739">which</s> ye <sn="2192">had</s><sn="575">from</s> the <sn="746">beginning</s>. <sn="3588">The</s><sn="3820">old</s><sn="1785">commandment</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s><sn="3739">which</s> ye have <sn="191">heard</s><sn="575">from</s> the <sn="746">beginning</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="3825">Again</s>, a <sn="2537">new</s><sn="1785">commandment</s> I <sn="1125">write</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>, which <sn="3739">thing</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="227">true</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5213">you</s>: <sn="3754">because</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4653">darkness</s> is <sn="3855">past</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="228">true</s><sn="5457">light</s><sn="2235">now</s><sn="5316">shineth</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>He that <sn="3004">saith</s> he <sn="1511">is</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5457">light</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3404">hateth</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="80">brother</s>, <sn="2076">is</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="4653">darkness</s> even <sn="2193">until</s><sn="737">now</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>He that <sn="25">loveth</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="80">brother</s><sn="3306">abideth</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5457">light</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> there <sn="2076">is</s><sn="3756">none</s> occasion of <sn="4625">stumbling</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1161">But</s> he that <sn="3404">hateth</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="80">brother</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="4653">darkness</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4043">walketh</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="4653">darkness</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1492">knoweth</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="4226">whither</s> he <sn="5217">goeth</s>, <sn="3754">because</s> that <sn="4653">darkness</s> hath <sn="5186">blinded</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="3788">eyes</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>I <sn="1125">write</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>, little <sn="5040">children</s>, <sn="3754">because</s> your <sn="266">sins</s> are <sn="863">forgiven</s><sn="5213">you</s> for his name's <sn="1223 848 3686">sake</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>I <sn="1125">write</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="3962">fathers</s>, <sn="3754">because</s> ye have <sn="1097">known</s><sn="3588">him</s> that is <sn="575">from</s> the <sn="746">beginning</s>. I <sn="1125">write</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>, young <sn="3495">men</s>, <sn="3754">because</s> ye have <sn="3528">overcome</s><sn="3588">the</s> wicked <sn="4190">one</s>. I <sn="1125">write</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>, little <sn="3813">children</s>, <sn="3754">because</s> ye have <sn="1097">known</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3962">Father</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>I have <sn="1125">written</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="3962">fathers</s>, <sn="3754">because</s> ye have <sn="1097">known</s><sn="3588">him</s> that is <sn="575">from</s> the <sn="746">beginning</s>. I have <sn="1125">written</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>, young <sn="3495">men</s>, <sn="3754">because</s> ye <sn="2075">are</s><sn="2478">strong</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="3306">abideth</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> ye have <sn="3528">overcome</s><sn="3588">the</s> wicked <sn="4190">one</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="25">Love</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>, <sn="3366">neither</s> the <sn="3588">things</s> that are <sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>. <sn="1437">If</s> any <sn="5100">man</s><sn="25">love</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="26">love</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3962">Father</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3754">For</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">that</s> is <sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1939">lust</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4561">flesh</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1939">lust</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3788">eyes</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="212">pride</s> of <sn="979">life</s>, <sn="2076">is</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3962">Father</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s> passeth <sn="3855">away</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1939">lust</s><sn="848">thereof</s>: <sn="1161">but</s> he that <sn="4160">doeth</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2307">will</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="3306">abideth</s><sn="1519 165">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Little <sn="3813">children</s>, it <sn="2076">is</s> the <sn="2078">last</s><sn="5610">time</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2531">as</s> ye have <sn="191">heard</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="500">antichrist</s> shall <sn="2064">come</s>, <sn="2532">even</s><sn="3568">now</s><sn="1096">are</s> there <sn="4183">many</s><sn="500">antichrists</s>; <sn="3606">whereby</s> we <sn="1097">know</s><sn="3754">that</s> it <sn="2076">is</s> the <sn="2078">last</s><sn="5610">time</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>They went <sn="1831">out</s><sn="1537">from</s><sn="2257">us</s>, <sn="235">but</s> they <sn="2258">were</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="2257">us</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="1487">if</s> they had <sn="2258">been</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="2257">us</s>, they would no doubt have <sn="3306 302">continued</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="2257">us</s>: <sn="235">but</s> they went out, <sn="2443">that</s> they might be made <sn="5319">manifest</s><sn="3754">that</s> they <sn="1526">were</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="2257">us</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="2532">But</s><sn="5210">ye</s><sn="2192">have</s> an <sn="5545">unction</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3588">the</s> Holy <sn="40">One</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> ye <sn="1492">know</s> all <sn="3956">things</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>I have <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1125">written</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s><sn="3754">because</s> ye <sn="1492">know</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="225">truth</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="3754">because</s> ye <sn="1492">know</s><sn="846">it</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="3956 3756">no</s><sn="5579">lie</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="225">truth</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="5101">Who</s><sn="2076">is</s> a <sn="5583">liar</s><sn="1508">but</s> he that <sn="720">denieth</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="2076 *3756">is</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>? <sn="3778">He</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="500">antichrist</s>, that <sn="720">denieth</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3962">Father</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">Son</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="3956">Whosoever</s><sn="720">denieth</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">Son</s>, the same <sn="2192">hath</s><sn="3761">not</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3962">Father</s>: but he that <sn="3670">acknowledgeth</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">Son</s><sn="2192">hath</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3962">Father</s><sn="2532">also</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>Let that <sn="3767">therefore</s><sn="3306">abide</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5213">you</s>, which <sn="5210">ye</s> have <sn="191">heard</s><sn="575">from</s> the <sn="746">beginning</s>. <sn="1437">If</s> that <sn="3739">which</s> ye have <sn="191">heard</s><sn="575">from</s> the <sn="746">beginning</s> shall <sn="3306">remain</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="5210">ye</s><sn="2532">also</s> shall <sn="3306">continue</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">Son</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3962">Father</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3778">this</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1860">promise</s><sn="3739">that</s><sn="846">he</s> hath <sn="1861">promised</s><sn="2254">us</s>, even <sn="166">eternal</s><sn="2222">life</s>, </v>
<vn='26'><sn="5023">These</s> things have I <sn="1125">written</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s><sn="4012">concerning</s> them that <sn="4105">seduce</s><sn="5209">you</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="2532">But</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5545">anointing</s><sn="3739">which</s><sn="5210">ye</s> have <sn="2983">received</s><sn="575">of</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="3306">abideth</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> ye <sn="2192 5532">need</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="2443">that</s> any <sn="5100">man</s><sn="1321">teach</s><sn="5209">you</s>: <sn="235">but</s><sn="5613">as</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="846">same</s><sn="5545">anointing</s><sn="1321">teacheth</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="4012">of</s> all <sn="3956">things</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="227">truth</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3756">no</s><sn="5579">lie</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> even <sn="2531">as</s> it hath <sn="1321">taught</s><sn="5209">you</s>, ye shall <sn="3306">abide</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3568">now</s>, little <sn="5040">children</s>, <sn="3306">abide</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s>; <sn="2443">that</s>, <sn="3752">when</s> he shall <sn="5319">appear</s>, we may <sn="2192">have</s><sn="3954">confidence</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3361">not</s> be <sn="153">ashamed</s><sn="575">before</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="1722">at</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="3952">coming</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="1437">If</s> ye <sn="1492">know</s><sn="3754">that</s> he <sn="2076">is</s><sn="1342">righteous</s>, ye <sn="1097">know</s><sn="3754">that</s> every <sn="3956">one</s> that <sn="4160">doeth</s><sn="1343">righteousness</s> is <sn="1080">born</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>