1 John 2

¹My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

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

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

⁴He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

⁵but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:

⁶he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.

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

⁸Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth.

⁹He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

¹⁰He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.

¹¹But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

¹²I write unto you, my little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.