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I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name''s sake.

And now, my children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may not be ashamed before him, but have pride at his coming.

My beloved, now we are the sons of God, and as yet it has not been revealed what we shall be: but we know that when he shall appear, we shall be in his likeness; for we shall see him as he is.

In this the children of God can be distinguished from the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness and does not love his brother, does not belong to God.

Not as Cain, who belonged to the wicked one and slew his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and those of his brother were righteous.

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

Whosoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

By this we know his love for us, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for our brethren.

Whoever has worldly goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts his mercy from him, how can the love of God dwell in him?

And whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing to him.

And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he has commanded us.

Whosoever keeps his commandments will be guarded by him, and he will dwell in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

By this was the love of God toward us made known, for God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that God loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us;

Hereby we know that we abide in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world.

Herein is his love made perfect in us, so that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

If a man say, I love God, and yet hates his brother, he is a liar: for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

And this commandment we have from him, That he who loves God loves his brother also.