1. My little children, I write this to you, so that you do not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Intercessor with the Father, יהושע Messiah, a righteous One.
2. And He Himself is an atoning offering for our sins, and not for ours only but also for all the world.
3. And by this we know that we know Him, if we guard His commands.
4. The one who says, “I know Him,” and does not guard His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5. But whoever guards His Word, truly the love of Elohim has been perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.
6. The one who says he stays in Him ought himself also to walk, even as He walked.
7. Beloved, I write no fresh command to you, but an old command which you have had from the beginning. The old command is the Word which you heard from the beginning.
8. Again I write you a fresh command, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light now shines.
9. The one who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now.
10. The one who loves his brother stays in the light, and there is no stumbling-block in him.
11. But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
12. I write to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of His Name.
13. I write to you, fathers, because you have known Him from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, because you have known the Father.