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communion with us: and indeed our communion is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. (4)And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be complete.
(5)And this is the promise which we have heard from him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and that darkness in him there is none. (6)If we say that we have communion with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and practise not the truth: (7)but if we walk in the light, as he is himself in the light, we have communion with each other, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (8)If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (9)If we confess our sins, faithful is he and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (10)If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
CHAP. II.
MY dear children, these things I write to you, that ye should not sin. And if any of us sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: (2)and he himself is the propitiatory victim for our sins: and indeed not for ours only, but for the whole world. (3)And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. (4)He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and in him the truth is not. (5)But whosoever keepeth his word, verily in him is the love of God perfected: by this we know that we are in him. (6)He who saith that he abideth in him, ought as he walked, even so himself to walk.
(7)Brethren, I write not a new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
(8)Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which is a true thing in him, and in you, because the darkness is past, and the true light is now shining. (9)He who saith, that he is in the light, yet hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. (10)He that loveth his brother is in the light, and occasion of stumbling in him there is none. (11)But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he is departing, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.
(12)I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. (13)I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. (14)I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him, who is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
(15)Love not the world, neither the things which are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (16)For every thing which is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pomp of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. (17)And the world is passing away, and the lust thereof, but he who doeth the will of God abideth for ever.