1 John 1:5–2:11

^5mThis then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that ⁿGod is light, and in him is no darkness at all. ^6oIf we say that we have fellowship with him, and ^pwalk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: ⁷But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and ^qthe blood of ^rJesus Christ his Son ^scleanseth us from all sin. ^8tIf we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and ^uthe truth is not in us. ^9vIf we confess our sins, he is ^xfaithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to ^scleanse us from all unrighteousness. ^10yIf we say that we have not sinned, ^zwe make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

2My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, ^awe have an ^badvocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: ²And ^che is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but ^dalso for the sins of the whole world. ³And hereby we do know that we know him, if we ^ekeep his commandments. ^4fHe that saith, ^gI know him, and ^ekeepeth not his commandments, ^his a liar, and ⁱthe truth is not in him. ⁵But whoso ^jkeepeth his word, ^kin him verily is the love of God perfected: ^lhereby know we that we are in him. ⁶He that saith he ^mabideth in him ⁿought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. ⁷Brethren, ^oI write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment ^opwhich ye had from the beginning. ^qThe old commandment is the word ^pwhich ye have heard from the beginning. ⁸Again, ^ra new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true ^rrin him and in you: because the ^sdarkness ^tis past, and ^uthe true light now shineth. ⁹He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, ^vis in darkness even until now. ^10wHe that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and ^xthere is none ^†occasion of stumbling in him. ¹¹But he that hateth his brother ^vis in darkness, and ^ywalketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that ^vdarkness hath blinded his eyes.