1 John 2:6-16

6 The man who professes to be continuing in Him is himself also bound to live as He lived.

7 My dearly-loved friends, it is no new command that I am now giving you, but an old command which you have had from the very beginning. By the old command I mean the teaching which you have already received.

8 And yet I *am* giving you a new command, for such it really is, so far as both He and you are concerned: because the darkness is now passing away and the light, the true light, is already beginning to shine.

9 Any one who professes to be in the light and yet hates his brother man is still in darkness.

10 He who loves his brother man continues in the light, and his life puts no stumbling-block in the way of others.

11 But he who hates his brother man is in darkness and is walking in darkness; and he does not know where he is going--because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

12 I am writing to you, dear children, because for His sake your sins are forgiven you.

13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has existed from the very beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the Evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.

14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has existed from the very beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong and God's Message still has a place in your hearts, and you have overcome the Evil one.

15 Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If any one loves the world, there is no love in his heart for the Father.

16 For the things in the world--the cravings of the earthly nature, the cravings of the eyes, the show and pride of life--they all come, not from the Father, but from the world.