1 John 2:1-17

1My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if any one sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ [the] righteous;

2and he is the propitiation for our sins; but not for ours alone, but also for the whole world.

3And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

4He that says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

5but whoever keeps his word, in him verily the love of 1God is perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him.

6He that says he abides in him ought, even as he walked, himself also [so] to walk.

7Beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment, which ye have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye heard.

8Again, I write a new commandment to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light already shines.

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

10He that loves his brother abides in light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.

11But he that hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

12I write to you, children, because [your] sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

13I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked [one]. I write to you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

14I have written to you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of 2God abides in you, and ye have overcome the wicked [one].

15Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him;

16because all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

17And the world is passing, and its lust, but he that does the will of 3God abides for eternity.