1We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life.G3739G2258G575G746G3739G191G3739G3708G2257G3788G3739G2300G2532G2257G5495G5584G4012G3056G2222 2This one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have seen him. And now we testify and proclaim to you that he is the one who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was revealed to us.G2532G2222G5319G2532G3708G2532G3140G2532G518G5213G166G2222G3748G2258G4314G3962G2532G5319G2254 3We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.G3739G3708G2532G191G518G5213G2443G5210G2532G2192G2842G3326G2257G2532G2251G2842G1161G3326G3962G2532G3326G846G5207G2424G5547 4We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy.G2532G5023G1125G5213G2443G5216G5479G5600G4137 5This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all.G3778G2532G2076G1860G3739G191G575G846G2532G312G5213G3754G2316G2076G5457G2532G1722G846G2076G3756G4653G3762 6So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth.G1437G2036G3754G2192G2842G3326G846G2532G4043G1722G4655G5574G2532G4160G3756G225 7But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.G1161G1437G4043G1722G5457G5613G846G2076G1722G5457G2192G2842G3326G240G2532G129G2424G5547G846G5207G2511G2248G575G3956G266 8If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth.G1437G2036G3754G2192G3756G266G4105G1438G2532G225G2076G3756G1722G2254 9But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.G1437G3670G2257G266G2076G4103G2532G1342G2443G863G2254G266G2532G2511G2248G575G3956G93 10If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts.G1437G2036G3754G264G3756G264G4160G846G5583G2532G846G3056G2076G3756G1722G2254
2My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous.G3450G5040G5023G1125G5213G3363G264G3363G2532G1437G5100G264G2192G3875G4314G3962G2424G5547G1342 2He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins—and not only our sins but the sins of all the world.G2532G846G2076G2434G4012G2257G266G1161G3756G4012G2251G3440G235G2532G4012G3650G2889 3And we can be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments.G2532G1722G5129G1097G3754G1097G846G1437G5083G846G1785 4If someone claims, "I know God," but doesn't obey God's commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth.G3004G1097G846G2532G5083G3361G846G1785G2076G5583G2532G225G2076G3756G1722G5129 5But those who obey God's word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him.G1161G3739G302G5083G846G3056G1722G5129G230G5048G26G2316G5048G1722G5129G1097G3754G2070G1722G846 6Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did.G3004G3306G1722G846G3784G846G2532G3779G4043G2531G1565G4043 7Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment for you; rather it is an old one you have had from the very beginning. This old commandment—to love one another—is the same message you heard before.G80G1125G3756G2537G1785G5213G235G3820G1785G3739G2192G575G746G3820G1785G2076G3056G3739G191G575G746 8Yet it is also new. Jesus lived the truth of this commandment, and you also are living it. For the darkness is disappearing, and the true light is already shining.G3825G2537G1785G1125G5213G3739G2076G227G1722G846G2532G1722G5213G3754G4653G3855G2532G228G5457G2235G5316 9If anyone claims, "I am living in the light," but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is still living in darkness.G3004G1511G1722G5457G2532G3404G846G80G2076G1722G4653G2193G737 10Anyone who loves another brother or sister is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble.G25G846G80G3306G1722G5457G2532G2076G3756G4625G1722G846 11But anyone who hates another brother or sister is still living and walking in darkness. Such a person does not know the way to go, having been blinded by the darkness.G1161G3404G846G80G2076G1722G4653G2532G4043G1722G4653G2532G1492G3756G4226G5217G3754G4653G5186G846G3788 12I am writing to you who are God's children because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus.G1125G5213G5040G3754G266G863G5213G1223G846G3686G1223 13I am writing to you who are mature in the faith because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning. I am writing to you who are young in the faith because you have won your battle with the evil one.G1125G5213G3962G3754G1097G575G746G1125G5213G3495G3754G3528G4190G1125G5213G3813G3754G1097G3962 14I have written to you who are God's children because you know the Father. I have written to you who are mature in the faith because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning. I have written to you who are young in the faith because you are strong. God's word lives in your hearts, and you have won your battle with the evil one.G1125G5213G3962G3754G1097G575G746G1125G5213G3495G3754G2075G2478G2532G3056G2316G3306G1722G5213G2532G3528G4190 15Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you.G25G3361G2889G3366G1722G2889G1437G5100G25G2889G26G3962G2076G3756G1722G846 16For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world.G3754G3956G1722G2889G1939G4561G2532G1939G3788G2532G212G979G2076G3756G1537G3962G235G2076G1537G2889 17And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.G2532G2889G3855G2532G1939G846G1161G4160G2307G2316G3306G1519G165 18Dear children, the last hour is here. You have heard that the Antichrist is coming, and already many such antichrists have appeared. From this we know that the last hour has come.G3813G2076G2078G5610G2532G2531G191G3754G500G2064G2532G3568G1096G4183G500G3606G1097G3754G2076G2078G5610 19These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left, it proved that they did not belong with us.G1831G1537G2257G235G2258G3756G1537G2257G1063G1487G2258G1537G2257G302G3306G3326G2257G235G2443G5319G3754G1526G3756G3956G1537G2257 20But you are not like that, for the Holy One has given you his Spirit, and all of you know the truth.G2532G5210G2192G5545G575G40G2532G1492G3956 21So I am writing to you not because you don't know the truth but because you know the difference between truth and lies.G1125G3756G1125G5213G3754G1492G3756G225G235G3754G1492G846G2532G3754G3956G3756G5579G2076G1537G225 22And who is a liar? Anyone who says that Jesus is not the Christ. Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist.G5101G2076G5583G1508G720G3754G2424G2076G3756G5547G3778G2076G500G720G3962G2532G5207 23Anyone who denies the Son doesn't have the Father, either. But anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.G3956G720G5207G2192G3761G3962G3670G5207G2192G3962G2532 24So you must remain faithful to what you have been taught from the beginning. If you do, you will remain in fellowship with the Son and with the Father.G3306G3767G3306G1722G5213G3739G5210G191G575G746G1437G3739G191G575G746G3306G1722G5213G5210G2532G3306G1722G5207G2532G1722G3962 25And in this fellowship we enjoy the eternal life he promised us.G2532G3778G2076G1860G3739G846G1861G2254G166G2222 26I am writing these things to warn you about those who want to lead you astray.G5023G1125G5213G4012G4105G5209 27But you have received the Holy Spirit, and he lives within you, so you don't need anyone to teach you what is true. For the Spirit teaches you everything you need to know, and what he teaches is true—it is not a lie. So just as he has taught you, remain in fellowship with Christ.G2532G5545G3739G5210G2983G575G846G3306G1722G5213G2532G5532G2192G3756G2443G5100G1321G5209G235G5613G846G5545G1321G5209G4012G3956G2532G2076G227G2532G2076G3756G5579G2532G2531G1321G5209G3306G1722G846 28And now, dear children, remain in fellowship with Christ so that when he returns, you will be full of courage and not shrink back from him in shame.G2532G3568G5040G3306G1722G846G2443G3752G5319G2192G3954G2532G3361G153G575G846G1722G846G3952 29Since we know that Christ is righteous, we also know that all who do what is right are God's children.G1437G1492G3754G2076G1342G1097G3754G3956G4160G1343G1080G1537G846
3See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don't recognize that we are God's children because they don't know him.G1492G4217G26G3962G1325G2254G2443G2564G5043G2316G1223G5124G2889G1097G2248G3756G3754G1097G846G3756 2Dear friends, we are already God's children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.G27G3568G2070G5043G2316G2532G5319G3768G5319G5101G2071G1161G1492G3754G1437G5319G2071G3664G846G3754G3700G846G2531G2076 3And all who have this eager expectation will keep themselves pure, just as he is pure.G2532G3956G2192G5026G1680G1909G846G48G1438G2531G1565G2076G53 4Everyone who sins is breaking God's law, for all sin is contrary to the law of God.G3956G4160G266G4160G458G2532G458G2532G266G2076G458 5And you know that Jesus came to take away our sins, and there is no sin in him.G2532G1492G3754G1565G5319G2443G142G2257G266G2532G1722G846G2076G3756G266 6Anyone who continues to live in him will not sin. But anyone who keeps on sinning does not know him or understand who he is.G3956G3306G1722G846G264G3756G3956G264G3708G3756G3708G846G3761G1097G846 7Dear children, don't let anyone deceive you about this: When people do what is right, it shows that they are righteous, even as Christ is righteous.G5040G4105G3367G4105G5209G4160G1343G2076G1342G2531G1565G2076G1342 8But when people keep on sinning, it shows that they belong to the devil, who has been sinning since the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy the works of the devil.G4160G266G2076G1537G1228G3754G1228G264G575G746G1519G5124G5207G2316G5319G2443G3089G2041G1228 9Those who have been born into God's family do not make a practice of sinning, because God's life is in them. So they can't keep on sinning, because they are children of God.G3956G1080G1537G2316G4160G3756G266G3754G846G4690G3306G1722G846G2532G3756G1410G264G3754G1080G1537G2316 10So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the devil. Anyone who does not live righteously and does not love other believers does not belong to God.G1722G5129G5043G2316G2076G5318G2532G5043G1228G3956G4160G3361G1343G2076G3756G1537G2316G2532G25G3361G846G80 11This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.G3754G3778G2076G31G3739G191G575G746G2443G25G240 12We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing what was righteous.G3756G2531G2535G2258G1537G4190G2532G4969G846G80G2532G5484G5101G4969G846G3754G846G2041G2258G4190G1161G846G80G1342 13So don't be surprised, dear brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.G2296G3361G3450G80G1487G2889G3404G5209 14If we love our Christian brothers and sisters, it proves that we have passed from death to life. But a person who has no love is still dead.G1492G3754G2249G3327G1537G2288G1519G2222G3754G25G80G25G3361G80G3306G1722G2288 15Anyone who hates another brother or sister is really a murderer at heart. And you know that murderers don't have eternal life within them.G3956G3404G846G80G2076G443G2532G1492G3754G3756G3956G443G2192G166G2222G3306G1722G846 16We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters.G1722G5129G1097G26G3754G1565G5087G846G5590G5228G2257G2532G2249G3784G5087G5590G5228G80 17If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion—how can God's love be in that person?G1161G3739G302G2192G2889G979G2532G2334G846G80G2192G5532G2532G2808G846G4698G575G846G4459G3306G26G2316G1722G846 18Dear children, let's not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.G3450G5040G25G3361G25G3056G3366G1100G235G2041G2532G225 19Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God.G2532G1722G5129G1097G3754G2070G1537G225G2532G3982G2257G2588G1715G846 20Even if we feel guilty, God is greater than our feelings, and he knows everything.G3754G1437G2257G2588G2607G3754G2316G2076G3187G2257G2588G2532G1097G3956 21Dear friends, if we don't feel guilty, we can come to God with bold confidence.G27G3362G2257G2588G2607G2257G3362G2192G3954G4314G2316 22And we will receive from him whatever we ask because we obey him and do the things that please him.G2532G3739G1437G154G2983G3844G846G3754G5083G846G1785G2532G4160G701G846G1799 23And this is his commandment: We must believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us.G2532G3778G2076G846G1785G2443G4100G3686G846G5207G2424G5547G2532G25G240G2531G1325G2254G1785 24Those who obey God's commandments remain in fellowship with him, and he with them. And we know he lives in us because the Spirit he gave us lives in us.G2532G5083G846G1785G3306G1722G846G2532G846G1722G846G2532G1722G5129G1097G3754G3306G1722G2254G1537G4151G3739G1325G2254
4Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world.G27G4100G3361G3956G4151G235G1381G4151G1487G2076G1537G2316G3754G4183G5578G1831G1519G2889 2This is how we know if they have the Spirit of God: If a person claiming to be a prophet acknowledges that Jesus Christ came in a real body, that person has the Spirit of God.G1722G3739G5129G1097G4151G2316G3956G4151G3670G2424G5547G2064G1722G4561G2076G1537G2316 3But if someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknowledge the truth about Jesus, that person is not from God. Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard is coming into the world and indeed is already here.G2532G3956G4151G3739G3670G3361G2424G5547G2064G1722G4561G2076G3756G1537G2316G2532G5124G2076G500G3739G191G3754G2064G2532G3568G2235G2076G1722G2889 4But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.G5210G2075G1537G2316G5040G2532G3528G846G3754G3187G2076G1722G5213G2228G1722G2889 5Those people belong to this world, so they speak from the world's viewpoint, and the world listens to them.G846G1526G1537G2889G1223G5124G2980G1537G2889G2532G2889G191G846 6But we belong to God, and those who know God listen to us. If they do not belong to God, they do not listen to us. That is how we know if someone has the Spirit of truth or the spirit of deception.G2249G2070G1537G2316G1097G2316G191G2257G3739G2076G3756G1537G2316G191G3756G2257G1537G5127G1097G4151G225G2532G4151G4106 7Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.G27G25G240G3754G26G2076G1537G2316G2532G3956G25G1080G1537G2316G2532G1097G2316 8But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.G25G3361G1097G3756G2316G3754G2316G2076G26 9God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.G1722G5129G5319G26G2316G1722G2254G3754G2316G649G846G3439G5207G1519G2889G2443G2198G1223G846 10This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.G1722G5129G2076G26G3754G3756G2249G25G2316G235G3754G846G25G2248G2532G649G846G5207G2434G4012G2257G266 11Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.G27G1487G2316G3779G25G2248G2249G3784G2532G25G240 12No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.G3762G2300G2316G4455G1437G25G240G2316G3306G1722G2254G2532G846G26G2076G5048G1722G2254 13And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us.G1722G5129G1097G3754G3306G1722G846G2532G846G1722G2254G3754G1325G2254G1537G846G4151 14Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.G2532G2249G2300G2532G3140G3754G3962G649G5207G4990G2889 15All who confess that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God.G3739G302G3670G3754G2424G2076G5207G2316G2316G3306G1722G846G2532G846G1722G2316 16We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.G2532G2249G1097G2532G4100G26G3739G2316G2192G1722G2254G2316G2076G26G2532G3306G1722G26G3306G1722G2316G2532G2316G1722G846 17And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.G1722G5129G3326G2257G26G5048G2443G2192G3954G1722G2250G2920G3754G2531G1565G2076G2532G2070G2249G1722G5129G2889 18Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love.G2076G3756G5401G1722G26G235G5046G26G906G1854G5401G3754G5401G2192G2851G1161G5399G5048G3756G5048G1722G26 19We love each other because he loved us first.G2249G25G846G3754G846G4413G25G2248 20If someone says, "I love God," but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don't love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see?G1437G5100G2036G3754G25G2316G2532G3404G846G80G2076G5583G1063G25G3361G846G80G3739G3708G4459G1410G25G2316G3739G3708G3756G3708 21And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their Christian brothers and sisters.G2532G5026G1785G2192G575G846G2443G25G2316G25G846G80G2532
5Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too.G3956G4100G3754G2424G2076G5547G1080G1537G2316G2532G3956G25G1080G25G2532G1080G1537G846 2We know we love God's children if we love God and obey his commandments.G1722G5129G1097G3754G25G5043G2316G3752G25G2316G2532G5083G846G1785 3Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome.G1063G3778G2076G26G2316G2443G5083G846G1785G2532G846G1785G1526G3756G926 4For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.G3754G3956G1080G1537G2316G3528G2889G2532G3778G2076G3529G3528G2889G2257G4102 5And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.G5101G2076G3528G2889G1508G4100G3754G2424G2076G5207G2316 6And Jesus Christ was revealed as God's Son by his baptism in water and by shedding his blood on the cross—not by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit, who is truth, confirms it with his testimony.G3778G2076G2064G1223G5204G2532G129G2424G5547G3756G1722G5204G3440G235G1722G5204G2532G129G2532G2076G4151G3140G3754G4151G2076G225 7So we have these three witnesses①—/ ①A few very late manuscripts add in heaven—the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. And we have three witnesses on earthG3754G1526G5140G3140G1722G3772G3962G3056G2532G40G4151G2532G3778G5140G1526G1520 8the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and all three agree.G2532G1526G5140G3140G1722G1093G4151G2532G5204G2532G129G2532G5140G1526G1519G1520 9Since we believe human testimony, surely we can believe the greater testimony that comes from God. And God has testified about his Son.G1487G2983G3141G444G3141G2316G2076G3187G3754G3778G2076G3141G2316G3739G3140G4012G846G5207 10All who believe in the Son of God know in their hearts that this testimony is true. Those who don't believe this are actually calling God a liar because they don't believe what God has testified about his Son.G4100G1519G5207G2316G2192G3141G1722G1438G4100G3361G2316G4160G846G5583G3754G4100G3756G1519G3141G3739G2316G3140G4012G846G5207 11And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.G2532G3778G2076G3141G3754G2316G1325G2254G166G2222G2532G3778G2222G2076G1722G846G5207 12Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God's Son does not have life.G2192G5207G2192G2222G2192G3361G5207G2316G2192G3756G2222 13I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life.G5023G1125G5213G4100G1519G3686G5207G2316G2443G1492G3754G2192G166G2222G2532G2443G4100G1519G3686G5207G2316 14And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him.G2532G3778G2076G3954G3739G2192G4314G846G3754G1437G154G5100G2596G846G2307G191G2257 15And since we know he hears us when we make our requests, we also know that he will give us what we ask for.G2532G1437G1492G3754G191G2257G3739G302G154G1492G3754G2192G155G3739G154G3844G846 16If you see a Christian brother or sister sinning in a way that does not lead to death, you should pray, and God will give that person life. But there is a sin that leads to death, and I am not saying you should pray for those who commit it.G1437G5100G1492G846G80G264G266G3361G4314G2288G154G2532G1325G846G2222G264G3361G4314G2288G2076G266G4314G2288G3756G3004G2443G2065G4012G1565 17All wicked actions are sin, but not every sin leads to death.G3956G93G2076G266G2532G2076G266G3756G4314G2288 18We know that God's children do not make a practice of sinning, for God's Son holds them securely, and the evil one cannot touch them.G1492G3754G3956G1080G1537G2316G264G3756G235G1080G1537G2316G5083G1438G2532G4190G680G846G3756 19We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the control of the evil one.G1492G3754G2070G1537G2316G2532G3650G2889G2749G1722G4190 20And we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God. And now we live in fellowship with the true God because we live in fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life.G1161G1492G3754G5207G2316G2240G2532G1325G2254G1271G2443G1097G228G2532G2070G1722G228G1722G846G5207G2424G5547G3778G2076G228G2316G2532G166G2222 21Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God's place in your hearts.G5040G5442G1438G575G1497G281
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, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life.G3739
