1WhosoeverbelieveththatJesusis the Christ is bornaofGod:and every one that loveth him that begatloveth him also that is begottenofhim.2Bythis we knowthat we love the children of God,when we loveGod,andkeephiscommandments.3Forthisis the love of God,that we keephiscommandments:andhiscommandmentsarenotgrievous.4Forwhatsoever is bornofGodovercometh the world:andthisis the victory that overcometh the world, even ourfaith.5Whois he that overcometh the world,but he that believeththatJesusis the Son of God?6Thisis he that camebywaterandblood, even JesusChrist;notbywateronly,butbywaterandblood.And it is the Spirit that beareth witness , because the Spiritistruth.7For there arethree that bear recordinheaven, the Father, the Word,and the HolyGhost:andthesethreeareone.8And there arethree that bear witnessinearth, the Spirit,and the water,and the blood:and these threeagreeinone.9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of Godisgreater:forthisis the witness of Godwhich he hath testifiedofhisSon.10
He that believethon the Son of Godhath the witnessinhimself: he that believethnotGod hath madehim a liar;because he believethnottherecordthatGodgaveofhisSon.11Andthisis the record,thatGod hath given to useternallife,andthislifeisinhisSon.12
He that hath the Sonhathlife; and he that hathnot the Son of Godhathnotlife.13
These things have I written unto you that believeon the name of the Son of God;that ye may know that yehaveeternallife,andthat ye may believeon the name of the Son of God.14Andthisis the confidencethat we haveinbhim,that,if we ask any thingaccording to hiswill, he hearethus:15Andif we knowthat he hearus,whatsoeverweask , we knowthat we have the petitionsthat we desiredofhim.16If any manseehisbrothersin a sin which is notuntodeath, he shall ask , and he shall givehimlife for them that sinnotuntodeath. There is a sinuntodeath: I do notsaythat he shall prayforit.17Allunrighteousnessissin:and there is a sinnotuntodeath.18
We knowthatwhosoever is bornofGodsinnethnot;but he that is begottenofGodkeepethhimself,and that wicked onetouchethhimnot.19
And we knowthat we areofGod,and the wholeworldliethinwickedness.20And we knowthat the Son of God is come , and hath givenus an understanding,that we may know him that is true,and we arein him that is true, even inhisSonJesusChrist.Thisis the trueGod,andeternallife.21
Little children,keepyourselvesfromidols.Amen.