I JOHN CHAPTER II

[1 Christ our advocate and propitiation. 3 To know God aright is to keep
his commandments, and love our brethren. 18 To beware of seducers.]

MY little children, these things write I unto you,
that ye sin not. And if any man sin we 
have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the 
righteous:
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and 
not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole 
world. 
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if 
we keep his commandments. 
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not
his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not 
in him. 
5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is
the love of God perfected: hereby know we that 
we are in him. 
6 He that said he abideth in him, ought himself
also so to walk, even as he walked.
7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto 
you, but an old commandment which ye had from 
the beginning: The old commandment is the word 
which ye have heard from the beginning.
8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, 
which thing is true in him and in you: because the
darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. 
9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth 
his brother, is in darkness even until now. 
10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light,
and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 
11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, 
and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither 
he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his 
eyes. 
12 I write unto you, little children, because your 
sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. 
13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have 
known him that is from the beginning. I write
unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the
wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because 
ye have known the Father. 
 14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have 
known him that is from the beginning. I have 
written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, 
and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have 
overcome the wicked one. 
15 Love not the world, neither the things that
are in the world. If any man love the world, the 
love of the Father is not in him. 
16 For 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. 
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust
thereof: but he that doth the will of God abideth 
for ever. 
18 Little children, it is the last time: and as
ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even 
now are there many antichrists; whereby we know 
that it is the last time. 
19 They went out from us, but they were not of 
us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt
have continued with us: but they went out, that they
might be made manifest that they were not all of us. 
20 But ye have an unction from the Holy 
One and ye know all things
21 I have not written unto you because ye know 
not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no 
lie is of the truth.
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus
is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the 
Father and the Son. 
23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath
not the Father: [but he that acknowledgeth the Son
hath the Father also.]
24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have 
heard from the beginning. If that which ye have 
heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye
also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
25 And this is the promise that he hath promised
us, even eternal life. 
26 These things have I written unto you concerning
them that seduce you.
27 But the anointing which ye have received 
of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any 
man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth 
you all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and 
even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
28 And now, little children, abide in him; that
when he shall appear, we may have confidence,
and not be ashamed before him at his coming. 
29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know 
that every one that doth righteousness is born of 
him. 

THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF JOHN CHAPTER I.

[1 He declareth what he had seen and known of the Word of life. 5 The necessity of holiness, in order to fellowship with God. 

THAT which was from the beginning, which
we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, 
which we have looked upon, and our hands have 
handled, of the Word of life; 
2 (For the life was manifested, and we have
seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that
eternal life which was with the Father, and was 
manifested unto us;) 
3 That which we have seen and heard declare
we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with 
us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, 
and with his Son Jesus Christ. 
4 And these things write we unto you, that your 
joy may be full. 
5 This then is the message which we have heard 
of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, 
and in him is no darkness at all. 
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him,
and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the 
light, we have fellowship one with another, and the 
blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanest us from all 
sin. 
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive
ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just
to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all 
unrighteousness. 
10 If we say we have not sinned, we make 
him a liar, and his word is not in us.