Chapter 2
1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
2And he himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
3And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.
4Whoever says 'I have come to 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 truly the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him.
6The one who says he abides in him ought to walk just as that one walked.
7Beloved, I am not writing you a new commandment but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you heard.
8Again, I am writing you a new commandment, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
9The one who says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in the darkness.
10The one who loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling.
11But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
12I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you for his name's sake.
13I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.
14I wrote to you, children, because you have known the Father. I wrote to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because you are strong and the word of God abides in you and you have overcome the evil one.
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