1 John 2

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 God 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.