
The First Epistle General of John

   {1:1} That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard,
that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our
hands handled, concerning the Word of life {1:2} (and the life was
manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you
the life, the eternal [life], which was with the Father, and was
manifested unto us); {1:3} that which we have seen and heard declare we
unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our
fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ: {1:4} and
these things we write, that our joy may be made full. {1:5} And this is
the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that
God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. {1:6} If we say that we
have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not
the truth: {1:7} but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we
have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son
cleanseth us from all sin. {1:8} If we say that we have no sin, we
deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. {1:9} If we confess our
sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness. {1:10} If we say that we have not
sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.



   {2:1} My 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: {2:2} and he is the propitiation for our sins;
and not for ours only, but also for the whole world. {2:3} And hereby
we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. {2:4} He that
saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the
truth is not in him; {2:5} but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily
hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:
{2:6} he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even
as he walked. {2:7} Beloved, 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. {2:8} Again, 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. {2:9} He that saith
he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even
until now. {2:10} He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and
there is no occasion of stumbling in him. {2:11} But 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.
{2:12} I write unto you, [my] little children, because your sins are
forgiven you for his name's sake. {2:13} I write unto you, fathers,
because ye know him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young
men, because ye have overcome the evil one. I have written unto you,
little children, because ye know the Father. {2:14} I have written unto
you, fathers, because ye know him who 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 evil one. {2:15} 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. {2:16} For all that is in
the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain
glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. {2:17} And
the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the
will of God abideth for ever. {2:18} Little children, it is the last
hour: and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now have there
arisen many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour.
{2:19} They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had
been of us, they would have continued with us: but [they went out],
that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us. {2:20}
And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and ye know all the things.
{2:21} I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but
because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth. {2:22} Who is
the liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is the
antichrist, [even] he that denieth the Father and the Son. {2:23}
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that
confesseth the Son hath the Father also. {2:24} As for you, let that
abide in you which ye heard from the beginning. If that which ye heard
from the beginning abide in you, ye also shall abide in the Son, and in
the Father. {2:25} And this is the promise which he promised us, [even]
the life eternal. {2:26} These things have I written unto you
concerning them that would lead you astray. {2:27} And as for you, the
anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that
any one teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you; concerning all
things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide
in him. {2:28} And now, [my] little children, abide in him; that, if he
shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before
him at his coming. {2:29} If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that
every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.



   {3:1} Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us,
that we should be called children of God; and [such] we are. For this
cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. {3:2} Beloved,
now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we
shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like
him; for we shall see him even as he is. {3:3} And every one that hath
this hope [set] on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. {3:4}
Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is
lawlessness. {3:5} And ye know that he was manifested to take away
sins; and in him is no sin. {3:6} Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not:
whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him. {3:7} [My]
little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth
righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous: {3:8} he that
doeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. To
this end was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works
of the devil. {3:9} Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because
his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of
God. {3:10} In this the children of God are manifest, and the children
of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither
he that loveth not his brother. {3:11} For this is the message which ye
heard from the beginning, that we should love one another: {3:12} not
as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew
he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
{3:13} Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you. {3:14} We know
that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the
brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death. {3:15} Whosoever hateth
his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal
life abiding in him. {3:16} Hereby know we love, because he laid down
his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
{3:17} But whoso hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in
need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God
abide in him? {3:18} [My] Little children, let us not love in word,
neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth. {3:19} Hereby shall we
know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him:
{3:20} because if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart,
and knoweth all things. {3:21} Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we
have boldness toward God; {3:22} and whatsoever we ask we receive of
him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are
pleasing in his sight. {3:23} And this is his commandment, that we
should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one
another, even as he gave us commandment. {3:24} And he that keepeth his
commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he
abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.





   {4:1} Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits,
whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into
the world. {4:2} Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that
confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: {4:3} and
every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the
[spirit] of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and
now it is in the world already. {4:4} Ye are of God, [my] little
children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you
than he that is in the world. {4:5} They are of the world: therefore
speak they [as] of the world, and the world heareth them. {4:6} We are
of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us
not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
{4:7} Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every
one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. {4:8} He that
loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. {4:9} Herein was the love
of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into
the world that we might live through him. {4:10} Herein is love, not
that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the
propitiation for our sins. {4:11} Beloved, if God so loved us, we also
ought to love one another. {4:12} No man hath beheld God at any time:
if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in
us: {4:13} hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he
hath given us of his Spirit. {4:14} And we have beheld and bear witness
that the Father hath sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.
{4:15} Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God
abideth in him, and he in God. {4:16} And we know and have believed the
love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love
abideth in God, and God abideth in him. {4:17} Herein is love made
perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment;
because as he is, even so are we in this world. {4:18} There is no fear
in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath
punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love. {4:19} We
love, because he first loved us. {4:20} If a man say, I love God, and
hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother
whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen. {4:21} And
this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his
brother also.





   {5:1} Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of
God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is
begotten of him. {5:2} Hereby we know that we love the children of God,
when we love God and do his commandments. {5:3} For this is the love of
God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not
grievous. {5:4} For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world:
and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, [even] our faith.
{5:5} And who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth
that Jesus is the Son of God? {5:6} This is he that came by water and
blood, [even] Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water
and with the blood. {5:7} And it is the Spirit that beareth witness,
because the Spirit is the truth. {5:8} For there are three who bear
witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree
in one. {5:9} If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is
greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness
concerning his Son. {5:10} He that believeth on the Son of God hath the
witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because
he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his
Son. {5:11} And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal
life, and this life is in his Son. {5:12} He that hath the Son hath the
life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life. {5:13} These
things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal
life, [even] unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.
{5:14} And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we
ask anything according to his will, he heareth us: {5:15} and if we
know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the
petitions which we have asked of him. {5:16} If any man see his brother
sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and [God] will give him
life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: not
concerning this do I say that he should make request. {5:17} All
unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. {5:18} We
know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was
begotten of God keepeth himself, and the evil one toucheth him not.
{5:19} We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the
evil one. {5:20} And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath
given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in
him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God,
and eternal life. {5:21} [My] little children, guard yourselves from
idols.




