¹ My little-children, these things I am writing to you° in-order-that you° might not sin. And if anyone should sin, we have a Helper$ with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

² And he himself is the atonement concerning our sins, and not only concerning ours, but also concerning the whole world.

³ And we know in this that we have known him, if we are keeping his commandments.

⁴ He who says, I have known him and is not keeping his commandments, is a liar and the truth is not in this person;

⁵ but as for whoever keeps his word, truly in this person the love$ of God has been completed. We know in this that we are in him.

⁶ He who says he abides in him, he himself ought to walk thus, just-as that man also walked. {The word ‘abide’ as used throughout the Letters of John also can be translated as ‘remain’ (as in 2:19).}

⁷ Brethren, I write no new commandment to you°, but an old commandment which you° were holding onto from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you° had heard from the beginning.

⁸ Once again, I am writing a new commandment to you°, what is true$ in him and in you°, because the darkness is passing-away and the true$ light is appearing already.

⁹ He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness until now.

¹⁰ He who loves$ his brother abides in the light and there is no offense in him.

¹¹ But he who hates his brother is in the darkness and is walking around in the darkness and does not know where he is proceeding-away to because the darkness blinded his eyes.

¹² I am writing to you°, my little-children, because the sins of you° have been forgiven for you° through his name.

¹³ I am writing to you°, fathers, because you° have known the one who is from the beginning. I am writing to you°, young-men, because you° have overcame the evil one. I am writing to you°, children, because you° have known the Father.

¹⁴ I wrote to you°, fathers, because you° have known the one who is from the beginning. I wrote to you°, young-men, because you° are strong and the word of God is abiding in you° and you° have overcame the evil one.

¹⁵ Do° not love$ the world, nor the things which are in the world. If anyone loves$ the world, the love$ of the Father is not in him.

¹⁶ Because everything in the world: the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the self-importance of life, are not from the Father, but are from the world.

¹⁷ And the world is passing-away and its lust, but he who is practicing the will of God abides forever.

¹⁸ Children, it is the last hour and just-as you° have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come$; hence we know that it is the last hour.

¹⁹ They went forth away from us, but they were not from us, for$ if they were from us, they would have remained with us, but they went forth, in-order-that they might be made manifest that all of them are not from us.

²⁰ And you° have an anointing from the Holy One and you° know all things.

²¹ I did not write to you° because you° do not know the truth, but because you° know it and because every lie is not from the truth.

²² Who is the liar, if not the one denying that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who is denying the Father and the Son.

²³ Everyone who is denying the Son, he does not have the Father.

²⁴ Therefore, let what you° have heard from the beginning abide in you°. If what you° have heard from the beginning abides in you°, you° will also be abiding in the Son and in the Father.

²⁵ And this is the promise which he himself promised to us: everlasting life.

²⁶ I wrote to you° these things concerning the ones who are misleading you°.

²⁷ And as for you°, the anointing which you° received from him abides in you° and you° have no need that$ anyone should teach you°, but as the same anointing teaches you° concerning all things and is true$ and is not a lie and just-as it taught you°, you° will be abiding in him.

²⁸ And now, abide° in him, my little-children, in-order-that we should have boldness whenever he should be manifested, and we should not be shamed away from him in his presence.

²⁹ If you° know that he is righteous, you° also know that everyone who is practicing righteousness has been born from him.