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{I}1_{/}This is what has 
been from the beginning, 
and what we have heard 
and have seen with our 
own eyes, what we have 
looked at and touched 
with our hands, I mean 
the Word who is Life...
{I}2_{/}The Life made 
itself known, we have 
seen Eternal Life and we 
bear witness, and we are 
telling you of it. It was 
with the Father and made 
himself known to us.
{I}3_{/}So we tell you 
what we have seen and 
heard, that you may be in 
fellowship with us, and 
us, with the Father and 
with his Son, Jesus 
Christ.
{I}4_{/}And we write this 
that you may have perfect 
joy.
WALK IN THE LIGHT{/}

{I}5_{/}We heard his 
message from him and 
announce it to you: God 
is light and there is no 
darkness in him.
{I}6_{/}If we say we are 
in fellowship with him, 
while we walk in 
darkness, we lie instead 
of being in truth. 
{I}7_{/}But if we walk in 
the light, as he is in 
the light, we are in 
fellowship with one 
another, and the blood of 
Jesus, the Son of God, 
purifies us from all sin.
{I}8_{/}If we say, "We 
have no sin," we deceive 
ourselves and the truth 
is not in us. {I}9_{/}If 
we confess our sins, he 
who is faithful and just 
will forgive us our sins 
and cleanse us from all 
wickedness.
{I}10_{/}If we say that 
we do not sin, we make 
God a liar, his word is 
not in us.
FULFILL THE COMMANDMENT 
OF LOVE{/}

{1}2{/}

{I}1_{/}My little 
children, I write to you 
that you may not sin. But 
if anyone sins, we have 
an intercessor with the 
Father, Jesus Christ, the 
Just One. {I}2_{/}He is 
the sacrificial victim 
for our sins and the sins 
of the whole world.
{I}3_{/}How can we know 
that we know him? If we 
fulfill his commands.
{I}4_{/}If you say, "I 
know him," but do not 
fulfill his commands, you 
are a liar and the truth 
is not in you. 
{I}5_{/}But if you keep 
his word, God's love is 
made complete in you. 
This is how we know that 
we are in him:
{I}6_{/}he who claims to 
live in him must live as 
he lived.
{I}7_{/}My dear friends, 
I am not writing you a 
new commandment, but 
reminding you of an old 
one, one you had from the 
beginning. This old 
commandment is the word 
you have heard.
{I}8_{/}But, in a way, I 
give it as a new 
commandment for it was 
indeed new in Jesus 
Christ and must be so in 
you as well, because the 
darkness is passing away 
and the true light 
already shines.
{I}9_{/}If you claim to 
be in the light but hate 
your brother, you are 
still in darkness.
{I}10_{/}If you love your 
brothers and sisters, you 
remain in the light and 
nothing in you will make 
you fall. {I}11{/}But if 
you hate your brother you 
are in the dark and walk 
in darkness without 
knowing where you go, for 
the darkness has blinded 
you.
{I}12_{/}My dear 
children, I write this to 
you: you have already 
received the forgiveness 
of your sins through the 
Name of Jesus. 
{I}13_{/}Fathers, I write 
this to you: you know him 
who is from the 
beginning. Young men, I 
write this to you: you 
have overcome the Evil 
One. My dear children, I 
write to you because you 
already know the Father.
{I}14_{/}Fathers, I write 
to you because you know 
him who is from the 
beginning. Young men, I 
write to you because you 
are strong and the Word 
of God lives in you who 
have indeed overcome the 
Evil One. 
{I}15_{/}Do not love the 
world or what is in it. 
If anyone loves the 
world, the love of the 
Father is not in him.
{I}16_{/}For everything 
in the world -
the craving of the flesh,
the greed of eyes
and people boasting of 
their superiority -
all this belongs to the 
world, not to the Father.
{I}17_{/}The world passes 
away with all its craving 
but those who do the will 
of God remain for ever.
REJECT THE ANTICHRIST{/}

{I}18_{/}My dear 
children, it is the last 
hour. You were told that 
an antichrist would come; 
but several antichrists 
have already come, by 
which we know that it is 
now the last hour.
{I}19_{/}They went out 
from us though they did 
not really belong to us. 
Had they belonged to us, 
they would have remained 
with us. So it became 
clear that not all of us 
were really ours.
{I}20_{/}But you have the 
anointing from the Holy 
One, so that all of you 
have true wisdom.
{I}21_{/}I write to you, 
not because you lack 
knowledge of the truth, 
but because you already 
know it, and lies have 
nothing in common with 
the truth. {I}22_{/}Who 
is the liar?
The one who denies that 
Jesus is the Christ.
This is an antichrist, 
who denies both the 
Father and the Son. 
{I}23_{/}The one who 
denies the Son is without 
the Father, and those who 
acknowledge the Son also 
have the Father.
{I}24_{/}Let what you 
heard from the beginning 
remain in you. If what 
you heard from the 
beginning remains in you, 
you, too, will remain in 
the Son and in the 
Father. {I}25_{/}And this 
is the promise he himself 
gave us: eternal life.
{I}26_{/}I write this to 
you thinking of those who 
try to lead you astray.
{I}27{/}You received from 
him an anointing, and it 
remains in you, so you do 
not need someone to teach 
you. His anointing 
teaches you all things, 
it speaks the truth and 
does not lie to you; so 
remain in him, and keep 
what he has taught you.
{I}28_{/}And now, my 
children, live in him, so 
that when he appears in 
his glory, we may be 
confident and not ashamed 
before him when he comes.
{I}29_{/}You know that he 
is the Just One: know 
then that anyone living 
justly is born of God.
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{I}1_{/}See what singular 
love the Father has for 
us: we are called 
children of God, and we 
really are. This is why 
the world does not know 
us, because it did not 
know him.
{I}2_{/}Beloved, we are 
God's children and what 
we shall be has not yet 
been shown. Yet when he 
appears in his glory, we 
know that we shall be 
like him, for then we 
shall see him as he is. 
{I}3_{/}All who have such 
a hope try to be pure as 
he is pure.
{I}4_{/}Anyone who 
commits a sin acts as an 
enemy of the law of God; 
any sin is a rejection of 
his law. {I}5_{/}You know 
that he came to take away 
our sins, and that there 
is no sin in him. 
{I}6_{/}Whoever remains 
in him has no sin, 
whoever sins has not seen 
or known him.
[\u0095]{I}7_{/}My little 
children, do not be led 
astray; those who do what 
is right are upright, 
just as Jesus Christ is 
upright. {I}8_{/}But 
those who sin belong to 
the devil, for the devil 
sins from the beginning. 
This is why the Son of 
God was shown to us, he 
was to undo the works of 
the devil.
{I}9_{/}Those born of God 
do not sin, for the seed 
of God remains in them; 
they cannot sin because 
they are born of God.
{I}10_{/}What is the way 
to recognize the children 
of God and those of the 
devil? The one who does 
not do what is right is 
not of God; so, too, the 
one who does not love his 
brother or sister.
{I}11_{/}For this is the 
message taught to you 
from the beginning: we 
must love one another. 
{I}12_{/}Do not imitate 
Cain who killed his 
brother, for he belonged 
to the Evil One. Why did 
he kill him? Because he 
himself did evil and his 
brother did good.
{I}13_{/}So, be not 
surprised, brothers if 
the world hates us; 
{I}14_{/}we love our 
brothers and sisters, and 
with this we know that we 
have passed from death to 
life. The one who does 
not love remains in 
death.
{I}15_{/}The one who 
hates his brother is a 
murderer, and, as you 
know, eternal life does 
not remain in the 
murderer.
{I}16_{/}This is how we 
have known what love is: 
he gave his life for us. 
We, too, ought to give 
our life for our brothers 
and sisters.
{I}17_{/}If anyone enjoys 
the riches of this world, 
but closes his heart when 
he sees his brother or 
sister in need, how will 
the love of God remain in 
him? {I}18_{/}My dear 
children, let us love not 
only with words and with 
our lips, but in truth 
and in deed.
{I}19_{/}Then we shall 
know that we are of the 
truth and we may calm our 
conscience in his 
presence. {I}20_{/}Every 
time it reproaches us, 
let us say: God is 
greater than our 
conscience, and he knows 
everything.
{I}21_{/}When our 
conscience does not 
condemn us, dear friends, 
we may have complete 
confidence in God. 
{I}22_{/}Then whatever we 
ask we shall receive, 
since we keep his 
commands and do what 
pleases him.
{I}23_{/}His command is 
that we believe in the 
Name of his Son Jesus 
Christ and that we love 
one another, as he has 
commanded us.
{I}24_{/}Whoever keeps 
his commands remains in 
God and God in him. It is 
by the Spirit God has 
given us that we know he 
lives in us.
DO NOT TRUST EVERY 
INSPIRATION{/}

{1}4{/}

{I}1_{/}My beloved, do 
not trust every 
inspiration. Test the 
spirits to see whether 
they come from God, 
because many false 
prophets are now in the 
world.
{I}2_{/}How will you 
recognize the spirit of 
God? Any spirit 
recognizing Jesus as the 
Christ who has taken our 
flesh is of God. 
{I}3_{/}But any spirit 
which does not recognize 
Jesus is not from God, it 
is the spirit of the 
antichrist. You have 
heard of his coming and 
even now he is in the 
world.
{I}4_{/}You, my dear 
children, are of God and 
you have already overcome 
these people, because the 
one who is in you is more 
powerful than he who is 
in the world.
{I}5_{/}They are of the 
world and the world 
inspires them and those 
of the world listen to 
them.
{I}6_{/}We are of God and 
those who know God listen 
to us, but those who are 
not of God ignore us. 
This is how we know the 
spirit of truth and the 
spirit of error as well.
GOD-LOVE IS THE SOURCE OF 
LOVE{/}

{I}7_{/}My dear friends, 
let us love one another 
for love comes from God. 
Everyone who loves is 
born of God and knows 
God.
{I}8_{/}Those who do not 
love have not known God, 
for God is love.
{I}9_{/}How did the love 
of God appear among us? 
God sent his only Son 
into this world that we 
might have life through 
him.
{I}10_{/}This is love: 
not that we loved God but 
that he first loved us 
and sent his Son as an 
atoning sacrifice for our 
sins.
{I}11_{/}Dear friends, if 
such has been the love of 
God, we, too, must love 
one another.
{I}12_{/}No one has ever 
seen God, but if we love 
one another, God lives in 
us, and his love spreads 
freely among us.
{I}13_{/}How may we know 
that we live in God and 
he in us? Because God has 
given us his Spirit.
{I}14_{/}We ourselves 
have seen and declare 
that the Father sent his 
Son to save the world. 
{I}15_{/}Those who 
acknowledge that Jesus is 
the Son of God, God 
remains in them and they 
in God.
{I}16_{/}We have known 
the love of God and have 
believed in it. God is 
love. The one who lives 
in love, lives in God and 
God in him.
{I}17_{/}When do we know 
that we have reached a 
perfect love? When in 
this world, we are like 
him in everything, and 
expect with confidence 
the Day of Judgment.
{I}18_{/}There is no fear 
in love. Perfect love 
drives away fear, for 
fear has to do with 
punishment; those who 
fear do not know perfect 
love.
{I}19_{/}So let us love 
one another, since he 
loved us first.
{I}20_{/}If you say, "I 
love God," while you hate 
your brother or sister, 
you are a liar. How can 
you love God whom you do 
not see, if you do not 
love your brother whom 
you see? We received from 
him this commandment: let 
those who love God also 
love their brothers.
FAITH COMES FROM GOD{/}

{1}5{/}

{I}1_{/}All those who 
believe that Jesus is the 
Anointed, are born of 
God; if you love the 
Father you also love all 
those born of him. 
{I}2_{/}How may we know 
that we love the children 
of God? If we love God 
and fulfill his commands,
{I}3_{/}for God's love 
requires us to keep his 
commands. In fact, his 
commandments are not a 
burden
{I}4_{/}because all those 
born of God overcome the 
world. And the victory 
which overcomes the world 
is our faith. {I}5_{/}Who 
has overcome the world? 
The one who believes that 
Jesus is the Son of God.
{I}6_{/}Jesus Christ was 
acknowledged through 
water, but also through 
blood.
Not only water but water 
and blood.
And the Spirit, too, 
witnesses to him for the 
Spirit is truth.
{I}7_{/}There are then 
three testimonies:
{I}8_{/}the Spirit, the 
water and the blood, and 
these three witnesses 
agree.
{I}9_{/}If we accept 
human testimony, with 
greater reason must we 
accept that of God, given 
in favor of his Son. 
{I}10_{/}If you believe 
in the Son of God, you 
have God's testimony in 
you.
But those who do not 
believe make God a liar, 
since they do not believe 
his words when he 
witnesses to his Son.
{I}11_{/}What has God 
said? That he has granted 
us eternal life and this 
life is in his Son. 
{I}12_{/}The one who has 
the Son has life, the one 
who do not have the Son 
of God do not have life.
KEEP YOURSELVES FROM 
IDOLS{/}

{I}13_{/}I write you, 
then, all these things 
that you may know that 
you have eternal life, 
all you who believe in 
the Name of the Son of 
God.
{I}14_{/}Through him we 
are fully confident that 
whatever we ask, 
according to his will, he 
will grant us. 
{I}15_{/}If we know that 
he hears us whenever we 
ask, we know that we 
already have what we 
asked of him.
{I}16_{/}If you see your 
brother committing sin, a 
sin which does not lead 
to death, pray for him, 
and God will give life to 
your brother. I speak, of 
course, of the sin which 
does not lead to death. 
There is also a sin that 
leads to death; I do not 
speak of praying about 
this. {I}17_{/}Every kind 
of wrongdoing is sin, but 
not all sin leads to 
death.
{I}18_{/}We know that 
those born of God do not 
sin, for what has been 
born of God takes care of 
them, and the Evil One 
can do nothing against 
them.
{I}19_{/}We know that we 
belong to God, while the 
whole world lies in evil.
{I}20_{/}We know that the 
Son of God has come and 
has given us power to 
know the truth. We are in 
him who is true, his Son 
Jesus Christ. He is the 
true God and eternal 
life.
{I}21_{/}My dear 
children, keep yourselves 
from idols.

