Behold, what mannerof lovetheFatherhath bestowedupon us, thatwe should be calledthe sonsof God: thereforetheworldknowethusnot, becauseit knewhimnot. Beloved, nowarewe the sonsof God, andit doth not yetappearwhatwe shall be: butwe knowthat, whenhe shall appear, we shall belikehim; forwe shall seehimashe is. Andevery manthat haththishopeinhimpurifiethhimself, even asheispure. Whosoevercommittethsintransgresseth also the law: forsinisthetransgression of the law. Andye knowthathewas manifestedtotake awayoursins; andinhimisnosin. Whosoeverabidethinhimsinnethnot: whosoeversinnethhath notseenhim, neitherknownhim. Little children, let no mandeceiveyou: he that doethrighteousnessisrighteous, even asheisrighteous. He that committethsinisofthedevil; forthedevilsinnethfromthe beginning. Forthis purposetheSonof Godwas manifested, thathe might destroytheworksof thedevil. Whosoeveris bornofGoddoth notcommitsin; forhisseedremainethinhim: andhe cannotsin, becausehe is bornofGod. Inthisthechildrenof Godaremanifest, andthechildrenof thedevil: whosoeverdoethnotrighteousnessisnotofGod, neitherhe that lovethnothisbrother. Forthisisthemessagethatye heardfromthe beginning, thatwe should loveone another. NotasCain, who wasofthat wicked one, andslewhisbrother. Andwhereforeslewhe him? Becausehis ownworkswereevil, andhisbrother's righteous. Marvelnot, mybrethren, iftheworldhateyou. Weknowthatwe have passedfromdeathuntolife, becausewe lovethebrethren. He that lovethnot his brotherabidethindeath. Whosoeverhatethhisbrotherisa murderer: andye knowthatnomurdererhatheternallifeabidinginhim. Herebyperceivewe thelove of God, becausehelaid downhislifeforus: andweoughtto lay down our livesforthebrethren. Butwhosohaththis world's good, andseethhisbrotherhaveneed, andshutteth uphisbowels of compassion fromhim, howdwelleththeloveof Godinhim? Mylittle children, let us notlovein word, neitherin tongue; butin deedandin truth. Andherebywe knowthatwe areofthetruth, andshall assureourheartsbeforehim. Forifourheartcondemnus, Godisgreaterthan ourheart, andknowethall things. Beloved, ifourheartcondemnusnot, then havewe confidencetowardGod. Andwhatsoeverwe ask, we receiveofhim, becausewe keephiscommandments, anddothose things that are pleasingin his sight. Andthisishiscommandment, Thatwe should believeon thenameof hisSonJesusChrist, andloveone another, ashe gaveuscommandment. Andhe that keepethhiscommandmentsdwellethinhim, andheinhim. Andherebywe knowthathe abidethinus, bytheSpiritwhichhe hath givenus.