Study Desk

^(C1)My little children, I am ^(C2)writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, ^(C3)we have an ^(F1)(C4)Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;

and He Himself is ^(C1)the ^(F1)propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also ^(C2)for the sins of the whole world.

^(C1)By this we know that we have come to ^(C2)know Him, if we ^(C3)keep His commandments.

The one who says, "^(C1)I have come to ^(C2)know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a ^(C3)liar, and ^(C4)the truth is not in him;

but whoever ^(C1)follows His word, in him the ^(C2)love of God has truly been perfected. ^(C3)By this we know that we are in Him:

the one who says that he ^(C1)remains in Him ^(C2)ought, himself also, to walk just as He walked.

^(C1)Beloved, I am ^(C2)not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had ^(C3)from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.

^(F1)On the other hand, I am writing ^(C1)a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because ^(C2)the darkness is passing away and ^(C3)the true Light is already shining.

The one who says that he is in the Light and yet ^(C1)hates his ^(C2)brother or sister is in the darkness until now.

^(C1)The one who loves his brother and sister remains in the Light, and there is nothing in him to cause stumbling.

But the one who ^(C1)hates his brother or sister is in the darkness and ^(C2)walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has ^(C3)blinded his eyes.

I am writing to you, ^(C1)little children, because ^(C2)your sins have been forgiven you on account of His name.

I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him ^(C1)who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because ^(C2)you have overcome ^(C3)the evil one. I have written to you, children, because ^(C4)you know the Father.

I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him ^(C1)who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are ^(C2)strong, and the ^(C3)word of God remains in you, and ^(C4)you have overcome the evil one.

Do not love ^(C1)the world nor the things in the world. ^(C2)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

For all that is in the world, ^(C1)the lust of the flesh and ^(C2)the lust of the eyes and ^(C3)the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.

^(C1)The world is passing away and also its lusts; but the one who ^(C2)does the will of God continues to live forever.

Children, ^(C1)it is the last hour; and just as you heard that ^(C2)antichrist is coming, ^(C3)even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.

^(C1)They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, ^(C2)so that ^(F1)it would be evident that they all are not of us.

^(F1)But you have an ^(C1)anointing from ^(C2)the Holy One, and ^(C3)you all know.

I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but ^(C1)because you do know it, and ^(F1)because no lie is ^(C2)of the truth.

Who is the liar except ^(C1)the one who denies that Jesus is the ^(F1)Christ? This is ^(C2)the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.

^(C1)Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.

As for you, see that what you heard ^(C1)from the beginning remains in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also ^(C2)will remain in the Son and in the Father.

^(C1)This is the promise which He Himself ^(F1)made to us: eternal life.

These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to ^(C1)deceive you.

And as for you, the ^(C1)anointing which you received from Him remains in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing ^(C2)teaches you about all things, and is ^(C3)true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, ^(F1)you remain in Him.

Now, ^(C1)little children, remain in Him, so that when He ^(C2)appears, we may have ^(C3)confidence and ^(C4)not ^(F1)draw back from Him in shame ^(F2)at His ^(C5)coming.

If you know that ^(C1)He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness also ^(C2)has been born of Him.

See ^(F1)(C1)how great a love the Father has given us, that we would be called ^(C2)children of God; and in fact we are. For this reason the world does not know us: because ^(C3)it did not know Him.

^(C1)Beloved, now we are ^(C2)children of God, and ^(C3)it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He ^(C4)appears, we will be ^(C5)like Him, because we will ^(C6)see Him just as He is.

And everyone who has this ^(C1)hope set on Him ^(C2)purifies himself, just as He is pure.

Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and ^(C1)sin is lawlessness.

You know that He ^(C1)appeared in order to ^(C2)take away sins; and ^(C3)in Him there is no sin.

No one who remains in Him ^(C1)sins continually; no one who sins continually has seen Him or ^(F1)(C2)knows Him.

^(C1)Little children, make sure no one ^(C2)deceives you; ^(C3)the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous;

the one who practices sin is ^(C1)of the devil; for the devil ^(F1)has been sinning from the beginning. ^(C2)The Son of God ^(C3)appeared for this purpose, ^(C4)to destroy the works of the devil.

No one who has been ^(C1)born of God practices sin, because His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin continually, because he has been born of God.

By this the ^(C1)children of God and the ^(C2)children of the devil are obvious: ^(F1)anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who ^(C3)does not love his ^(C4)brother and sister.

^(C1)For this is the message ^(C2)which you have heard from the beginning, ^(C3)that we are to love one another;

not as ^(C1)Cain, who was of ^(C2)the evil one and murdered his brother. And for what reason did he murder him? Because ^(C3)his own deeds were evil, but his brother's were righteous.

Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if ^(C1)the world hates you.

We know that we have ^(C1)passed out of death into life, ^(C2)because we love the brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death.

Everyone who ^(C1)hates his brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that ^(C2)no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.

We know love by this, that ^(C1)He laid down His life for us; and ^(C2)we ought to lay down our lives for the ^(C3)brothers and sisters.

But ^(C1)whoever has worldly goods and sees his brother or sister in need, and ^(C2)closes his ^(F1)heart ^(F2)against him, ^(C3)how does the love of God remain in him?

^(C1)Little children, let's not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and ^(C2)truth.

We will know by this that we are ^(C1)of the truth, and will set our heart at ease before Him,

that if our heart condemns us, that God is greater than our heart, and He knows all things.

^(C1)Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have ^(C2)confidence ^(F1)before God;

and ^(C1)whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we ^(C2)keep His commandments and do ^(C3)the things that are pleasing in His sight.

This is His commandment, that we ^(F1)(C1)believe in ^(C2)the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as ^(C3)He ^(F2)commanded us.

The one who ^(C1)keeps His commandments ^(C2)remains in Him, and He in him. ^(C3)We know by this that ^(C4)He remains in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.