1 John 2:1–15

My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. But if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the just.

²And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.

³And by this we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments.

⁴He who saith that he knoweth him and keepeth not his commandments is a liar: and the truth is not in him.

⁵But he that keepeth his word, in him in very deed the charity of God is perfected. And by this we know that we are in him.

⁶He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.

⁷Dearly beloved, I write not a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you have heard.

⁸Again a new commandment I write unto you: which thing is true both in him and in you, because the darkness is passed and the true light now shineth.

⁹He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother is in darkness even until now.

¹⁰He that loveth his brother abideth in the light: and there is no scandal in him.

¹¹But he that hateth his brother is in darkness and walketh in darkness and knoweth not whither he goeth: because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

¹²I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

¹³I write unto you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one.

¹⁴I write unto you, babes, because you have known the Father. I write unto you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.

¹⁵Love not the world, nor the things which are in the world. If any man love the world, the charity of the Father is not in him.