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In this thing the spirit of God is knowun; ech spirit that knowlechith that Jhesu Crist hath come in fleisch, is of God;

and ech spirit that fordoith Jhesu, is not of God. And this is antecrist, of whom ye herden, that he cometh; and riyt now he is in the world.

Ye, litle sones, ben of God, and ye han ouercome hym; for he that is in you is more, than he that is in the world.

We ben of God; he that knowith God, herith vs; he that is not of God, herith not vs. In this thing we knowen the spirit of treuthe, and the spirit of errour.

Moost dere britheren, loue we togidere, for charite is of God; and ech that loueth his brother, is borun of God, and knowith God.

He that loueth not, knowith not God; for God is charite.

In this thing the charite of God apperide in vs, for God sente hise oon bigetun sone in to the world, that we lyue bi hym.

In this thing is charite, not as we hadden loued God, but for he firste louede vs, and sente hise sone foryyuenesse for oure synnes.

Ye moost dere britheren, if God louede vs, we owen to loue ech other.

No man say euer God; if we louen togidre, God dwellith in vs, and the charite of hym is perfit in vs.

Who euer knowlechith, that Jhesu is the sone of God, God dwellith in him, and he in God.

And we han knowun, and bileuen to the charite, that God hath in vs. God is charite, and he that dwellith in charite, dwellith in God, and God in hym.

In this thing is the perfit charite of God with vs, that we haue trist in the dai of dom; for as he is, also we ben in this world.

Therfor loue we God, for he louede vs bifore.

If ony man seith, that `Y loue God, and hatith his brother, he is a liere. For he that loueth not his brothir, which he seeth, hou mai he loue God, whom he seeth not?

And we han this comaundement of God, that he that loueth God, loue also his brothir.

Ech man that bileueth that Jhesus is Crist, is borun of God; and ech man that loueth hym that gendride, loueth hym that is borun of hym.

In this thing we knowen, that we louen the children of God, whanne we louen God, and don his maundementis.

For this is the charite of God, that we kepe hise maundementis; and his maundementis ben not heuy.

For al thing that is borun of God, ouercometh the world; and this is the victorie that ouercometh the world, oure feith.