<vn='1'><sn="1492">Behold</s>, what <sn="4217">manner</s> of <sn="26">love</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3962">Father</s> hath <sn="1325">bestowed</s> upon <sn="2254">us</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> we should be <sn="2564">called</s> the <sn="5043">sons</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>: <sn="1223 5124">therefore</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s><sn="1097">knoweth</s><sn="2248">us</s><sn="3756">not</s>, <sn="3754">because</s> it <sn="1097">knew</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="3756">not</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="27">Beloved</s>, <sn="3568">now</s><sn="2070">are</s> we the <sn="5043">sons</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> it doth not <sn="3768">yet</s><sn="5319">appear</s><sn="5101">what</s> we shall <sn="2071">be</s>: <sn="1161">but</s> we <sn="1492">know</s><sn="3754">that</s>, <sn="1437">when</s> he shall <sn="5319">appear</s>, we shall <sn="2071">be</s><sn="3664">like</s><sn="846">him</s>; <sn="3754">for</s> we shall <sn="3700">see</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="2531">as</s> he <sn="2076">is</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="2532">And</s> every <sn="3956">man</s> that <sn="2192">hath</s><sn="5026">this</s><sn="1680">hope</s><sn="1909">in</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="48">purifieth</s><sn="1438">himself</s>, even <sn="2531">as</s><sn="1565">he</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="53">pure</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3956">Whosoever</s><sn="4160">committeth</s><sn="266">sin</s> transgresseth also the <sn="4160 2532 458">law</s>: <sn="2532">for</s><sn="266">sin</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3588">the</s> transgression of the <sn="458">law</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="2532">And</s> ye <sn="1492">know</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="1565">he</s> was <sn="5319">manifested</s><sn="2443">to</s> take <sn="142">away</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="266">sins</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3756">no</s><sn="266">sin</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Little <sn="5040">children</s>, let no <sn="3367">man</s><sn="4105">deceive</s><sn="5209">you</s>: he that <sn="4160">doeth</s><sn="1343">righteousness</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="1342">righteous</s>, even <sn="2531">as</s><sn="1565">he</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="1342">righteous</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>He that <sn="4160">committeth</s><sn="266">sin</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1228">devil</s>; <sn="3754">for</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1228">devil</s><sn="264">sinneth</s><sn="575">from</s> the <sn="746">beginning</s>. <sn="1519">For</s> this <sn="5124">purpose</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">Son</s> of <sn="2316">God</s> was <sn="5319">manifested</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> he might <sn="3089">destroy</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2041">works</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1228">devil</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3956">Whosoever</s> is <sn="1080">born</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="2316">God</s> doth <sn="3756">not</s><sn="4160">commit</s><sn="266">sin</s>; <sn="3754">for</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="4690">seed</s><sn="3306">remaineth</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> he <sn="1410 3756">cannot</s><sn="264">sin</s>, <sn="3754">because</s> he is <sn="1080">born</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1722">In</s><sn="5129">this</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5043">children</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="2076">are</s><sn="5318">manifest</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5043">children</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1228">devil</s>: <sn="3956">whosoever</s><sn="4160">doeth</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="1343">righteousness</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2532">neither</s> he that <sn="25">loveth</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="80">brother</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3754">For</s><sn="3778">this</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="31">message</s><sn="3739">that</s> ye <sn="191">heard</s><sn="575">from</s> the <sn="746">beginning</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> we should <sn="25">love</s> one <sn="240">another</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="3756">Not</s><sn="2531">as</s><sn="2535">Cain</s>, who <sn="2258">was</s><sn="1537">of</s> that wicked <sn="4190">one</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4969">slew</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="80">brother</s>. <sn="2532">And</s><sn="5484 5101">wherefore</s><sn="4969">slew</s> he <sn="846">him</s>? <sn="3754">Because</s> his <sn="848">own</s><sn="2041">works</s><sn="2258">were</s><sn="4190">evil</s>, <sn="1161">and</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="80">brother</s> 's <sn="1342">righteous</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="2249">We</s><sn="1492">know</s><sn="3754">that</s> we have <sn="3327">passed</s><sn="1537">from</s><sn="2288">death</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="2222">life</s>, <sn="3754">because</s> we <sn="25">love</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="80">brethren</s>. He that <sn="25">loveth</s><sn="3361">not</s> his <sn="80">brother</s><sn="3306">abideth</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2288">death</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3956">Whosoever</s><sn="3404">hateth</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="80">brother</s><sn="2076">is</s> a <sn="443">murderer</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> ye <sn="1492">know</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="3956 3756">no</s><sn="443">murderer</s><sn="2192">hath</s><sn="166">eternal</s><sn="2222">life</s><sn="3306">abiding</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="1722 5129">Hereby</s><sn="1097">perceive</s> we <sn="3588">the</s><sn="26">love</s> of <sn="*2316">God</s>, <sn="3754">because</s><sn="1565">he</s> laid <sn="5087">down</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="5590">life</s><sn="5228">for</s><sn="2257">us</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2249">we</s><sn="3784">ought</s> to lay <sn="5087">down</s> our <sn="5590">lives</s><sn="5228">for</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="80">brethren</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3739 302">whoso</s><sn="2192">hath</s> this <sn="2889">world</s> 's <sn="979">good</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2334">seeth</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="80">brother</s><sn="2192">have</s><sn="5532">need</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> shutteth <sn="2808">up</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="4698">bowels</s> of compassion <sn="575">from</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="4459">how</s><sn="3306">dwelleth</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="26">love</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s>? </v>
<vn='18'><sn="3450">My</s> little <sn="5040">children</s>, let us <sn="3361">not</s><sn="25">love</s> in <sn="3056">word</s>, <sn="3366">neither</s> in <sn="1100">tongue</s>; <sn="235">but</s> in <sn="2041">deed</s><sn="2532">and</s> in <sn="225">truth</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="1722 5129">hereby</s> we <sn="1097">know</s><sn="3754">that</s> we <sn="2070">are</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="225">truth</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> shall <sn="3982">assure</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="2588">hearts</s><sn="1715">before</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="3754">For</s><sn="1437">if</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="2588">heart</s><sn="2607">condemn</s><sn="*3754">us</s>, <sn="2316">God</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3187">greater</s> than <sn="2257">our</s><sn="2588">heart</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1097">knoweth</s> all <sn="3956">things</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="27">Beloved</s>, <sn="1437">if</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="2588">heart</s><sn="2607">condemn</s><sn="2257">us</s><sn="3361">not</s>, then <sn="2192">have</s> we <sn="3954">confidence</s><sn="4314">toward</s><sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3739 1437">whatsoever</s> we <sn="154">ask</s>, we <sn="2983">receive</s><sn="3844">of</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="3754">because</s> we <sn="5083">keep</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="1785">commandments</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4160">do</s> those things that are <sn="701">pleasing</s> in his <sn="1799 846">sight</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3778">this</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="1785">commandment</s>, <sn="2443">That</s> we should <sn="4100">believe</s> on <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3686">name</s> of <sn="848">his</s><sn="5207">Son</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="25">love</s> one <sn="240">another</s>, <sn="2531">as</s> he <sn="1325">gave</s><sn="2254">us</s><sn="1785">commandment</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="2532">And</s> he that <sn="5083">keepeth</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="1785">commandments</s><sn="3306">dwelleth</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="846">he</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s>. <sn="2532">And</s><sn="1722 5129">hereby</s> we <sn="1097">know</s><sn="3754">that</s> he <sn="3306">abideth</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2254">us</s>, <sn="1537">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4151">Spirit</s><sn="3739">which</s> he hath <sn="1325">given</s><sn="2254">us</s>. </v>