'See1what kind of2love3the6Father7has given4to us,5that8we should be called11children9of God;10and so12we are.13The reason why1415the16world17doesnot18know19us20isthat21it23didnot22know23him.24 Beloved,1we are5God’s4children3now,2and6what9we will be10has8not yet7appeared;14butwe know11that12when13he appears14we shall be17like15him,16because18we shall see19him20as21he is.22 And1everyone23whothus7hopes46in8him9purifies10himself11as12he13is15pure.14 Everyone12who makes a practice of3sinning5also6practices9lawlessness;8sin12is13lawlessness.15 You know2that3he4appeared5in order to6take away9sins,8and10in12him13there is15no14sin.11 No16one2who abides5in3him4keeps on sinning;7no811one9who keeps on sinning10has [either] seen12him13or14known15him.16 Little children,1let3no one2deceive3you.4Whoever practices56righteousness8is10righteous,9as11he12is14righteous.13 Whoever makes a practice of12sinning4is8of5the6devil,7for9the12devil13has been sinning14from10the beginning.11The reason1516the18Son19of God21appeared17wasto destroy2223the24works25of the26devil.27 No18one2born3of4God6makes a practice of9sinning,7for10[God]’s12seed11abides15in13him,14and16he cannot1718keep on sinning19because20he has been born24of21God.23 By1this2it is4evident3who arethe5children6of God,8and9who arethe10children11of the12devil:13whoever1415doesnot16practice17righteousness18is20not19of21God,23nor24isthe one25who does27not26love27his30brother.29 For1this2is3the4message5that6you have heard7from8the beginning,9that10we should love11one another.12 We shouldnot1belike2Cain,3whowas7of4the5evil one6and8murdered9his12brother.11And13why1415did he murder16him?17Because18his own21deeds20were23evil22and25his28brother’s27righteous.29 Donot2be surprised,3brothers,4that5the8world9hates6you.7 We1know2that3we1have passed4out of5death7into8life,10because11we love12the13brothers.14Whoever15doesnot16love17abides18in19death.21 Everyone12who hates3his6brother5is8a murderer,7and9you know10that11no1214murderer13has15eternal17life16abiding20in18him.19 By1this2we know3love,5that6he7laid down13his12life11for8us,9and14we15ought16to lay down22ourlives21for17the18brothers.19 But2if anyone13has4the7world’s8goods6and9sees10his13brother12in need,1415yet16closes17his20heart19against21him,22how23doesGod’s27love25abide28in29him?30 Little children,1let us3not2love3in word4or5talk7but8in9deed10and11in truth.12 By2this3we shall know4that5we are9of6the7truth8and10reassure13our16heart15before11him;12 for1whenever2our4heart6condemns3us,God11is9greater than8our14heart,13and15he knows16everything.17 Beloved,1if2our5heart4doesnot6condemn7us,we have9confidence8before10God;12 and1whatever23we ask4we receive5from6him,7because8we keep12his11commandments10and13do18what14pleases him.1517 And1this2is3his6commandment,5that7we believe8in the9name10of12his13Son12Jesus14Christ15and16love17one another,18just as19he has commanded2021us.22 Whoever keeps23his6commandments5abides9in7[God],8and10[God]11in12him.13And14by15this16we know17that18he abides19in20us,21by22the23Spirit24whom25he has given27us.26