ning, that we should love one another: not as 12 Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you. 13 We know that we have passed out of death into 14 life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death. Whosoever hateth 15 his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. Hereby know we love, because he laid down his 16 life for us and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoso hath the world's 17 goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him? My little 18 children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth. Hereby 19 shall we know that we are of the truth, and 1 Gr. persuade. shall assure our heart before him, whereinso- 20 ever our heart condemn us; because God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have 21 boldness toward God; and whatsoever we ask, 22 we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things that are pleasing in his sight. And this is his commandment, 23 that we should 2 believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he gave us commandment. And he that keepeth 24 his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

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Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove 1 4 the spirits, whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit 2 which confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in

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Beloved, let us love one another for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten 8 of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not 9 knoweth not God; for God is love. Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that Or, in our God hath sent his only begotten Son into the case 10 world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiaI tion for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, 12 we also ought to love one another.

No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is per13 fected in us hereby know we that we abide in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of 14 his Spirit. And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son to be 15 the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall

confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God 16 abideth in him, and he in God. And we know and have believed the love which God hath 2in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him. 17 Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgement;

because as he is, even so are we in this world. There is no fear in love: but perfect love 18 casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love, because he first loved us. If a man 19, 20 say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar for he that loveth not his brother whom Many ancient he hath seen, 'cannot love God whom he hath not seen. And this commandment have we 21 from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

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Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ 1 5 is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him. that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. Hereby we know that we love the children 2 of God, when we love God, and do his commandments. For this is the love of God, that 3 we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. For whatsoever is be- 4 gotten of God overcometh the world and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith. And who is he that overcom- 5 eth the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? This is he that came by 6 water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and 2with the blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth 7 witness, because the Spirit is the truth. For 8 there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one. If we receive the witness of men, 9 the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son. He that believeth on the Son 10 of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son. And the wit- 11

ness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, 12 and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.

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These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God. 14 And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask any thing according to his 15 will, he heareth us: and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of 16 him. If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: not concerning this 17 do I say that he should make request. All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

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We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth him, and the evil one toucheth him Or, himself 19 not. We know that we are of God, and the 20 whole world lieth in the evil one. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true 21 God, and eternal life. My little children, guard yourselves from idols.

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THE elder unto the elect lady and her chil- 1 dren, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all they that know the truth; for the truth's 2 sake which abideth in us, and it shall be with us for ever: Grace, mercy, peace shall be with 3 us, from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

I rejoice greatly that I have found certain 4 of thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father. And 5 now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote to thee a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. And this is love, that we should walk 6 after his commandments. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it. For many 7 deceivers are gone forth into the world, even they that confess not that Jesus Christ cometh in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist. Look to yourselves, that ye 1lose not 8 Many ancient the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward. Whosoever goeth 9 onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son. If any one cometh unto you, and 10

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