1My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin.
But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense—
Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
2He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,
and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
3We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands.
4The man who says, "I know him,"
but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him.
This is how we know we are in him:
6Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.
7Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command
but an old one, which you have had since the beginning.
This old command is the message you have heard.
8Yet I am writing you a new command;
its truth is seen in him and you,
because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.
9Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness.
10Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble. 11But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness;
he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him.
12I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.
13I write to you, fathers,
because you have known him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
because you have overcome the evil one.
I write to you, dear children,
because you have known the Father.
14I write to you, fathers,
because you have known him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
because you are strong,
and the word of God lives in you,
and you have overcome the evil one.
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