,from www4ebible4org with slight reformatting by ,martin ,ward4 ,book #fb #a ,john #jja3jja ,that which was from the beginning1 that which we have heard1 that which we have seen with our eyes1 that which we saw1 and our hands touched1 concerning the ,word of life #jja3jjb 7and the life was revealed1 and we have seen1 and testify1 and declare to you the life1 the eternal life1 which was with the ,father1 and was revealed to us72 #jja3jjc that which we have seen and heard we declare to you1 that you also may have fellowship with us4 ,yes1 and our fellowship is with the ,father1 and with his ,son1 ,jesus ,christ4 #jja3jjd ,and we write these things to you1 that our joy may be fulfilled4 #jja3jje ,this is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you1 that ,god is light1 and in him is no darkness at all4 #jja3jjf ,if we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness1 we lie1 and don't tell the truth4 #jja3jjg ,but if we walk in the light1 as he is in the light1 we have fellowship with one another1 and the blood of ,jesus ,christ1 his ,son1 cleanses us from all sin4 #jja3jjh ,if we say that we have no sin1 we deceive ourselves1 and the truth is not in us4 #jja3jji ,if we confess our sins1 he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins1 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness4 #jja3jaj ,if we say that we haven't sinned1 we make him a liar1 and his word is not in us4 #jjb3jja ,my little children1 ,i write these things to you so that you may not sin4 ,if anyone sins1 we have a ,counselor,greek ,parakleton3 ,counselor1 ,helper1 ,intercessor1 ,advocate1 and ,comfortor4 with the ,father1 ,jesus ,christ1 the righteous4 #jjb3jjb ,and he is the atoning sacrificeatoning sacrifice is from the ,greek hilasmos1 an appeasing1 propitiating1 or the means of appeasement or propitiation--the sacrifice that turns away ,god's wrath because of our sin4 for our sins1 and not for ours only1 but also for the whole world4 #jjb3jjc ,this is how we know that we know him3 if we keep his commandments4 #jjb3jjd ,one who says1 ,i know him1 and doesn't keep his commandments1 is a liar1 and the truth isn't in him4 #jjb3jje ,but whoever keeps his word1 ,god's love has most certainly been perfected in him4 ,this is how we know that we are in him3 #jjb3jjf he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked4 #jjb3jjg ,brothers1 ,i write no new commandment to you1 but an old commandment which you had from the beginning4 ,the old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning4 #jjb3jjh ,again1 ,i write a new commandment to you1 which is true in him and in you2 because the darkness is passing away1 and the true light already shines4 #jjb3jji ,he who says he is in the light and hates his brother1 is in the darkness even until now4 #jjb3jaj ,he who loves his brother remains in the light1 and there is no occasion for stumbling in him4 #jjb3jaa ,but he who hates his brother is in the darkness1 and walks in the darkness1 and doesn't know where he is going1 because the darkness has blinded his eyes4 #jjb3jab ,i write to you1 little children1 because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake4 #jjb3jac ,i write to you1 fathers1 because you know him who is from the beginning4 ,i write to you1 young men1 because you have overcome the evil one4 ,i write to you1 little children1 because you know the ,father4 #jjb3jad ,i have written to you1 fathers1 because you know him who is from the beginning4 ,i have written to you1 young men1 because you are strong1 and the word of ,god remains in you1 and you have overcome the evil one4 #jjb3jae ,don't love the world1 neither the things that are in the world4 ,if anyone loves the world1 the ,father's love isn't in him4 #jjb3jaf ,for all that is in the world1 the lust of the flesh1 the lust of the eyes1 and the pride of life1 isn't the ,father's1 but is the world's4 #jjb3jag ,the world is passing away with its lusts1 but he who does ,god's will remains forever4 #jjb3jah ,little children1 these are the end times1 and as you heard that the ,antichrist is coming1 even now many antichrists have arisen4 ,by this we know that it is the final hour4 #jjb3jai ,they went out from us1 but they didn't belong to us2 for if they had belonged to us1 they would have continued with us4 ,but they left1 that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us4 #jjb3jbj ,you have an anointing from the ,holy ,one1 and you know the truth4 #jjb3jba ,i have not written to you because you don't know the truth1 but because you know it1 and because no lie is of the truth4 #jjb3jbb ,who is the liar but he who denies that ,jesus is the ,christ8 ,this is the ,antichrist1 he who denies the ,father and the ,son4 #jjb3jbc ,whoever denies the ,son1 the same doesn't have the ,father4 ,he who confesses the ,son has the ,father also4 #jjb3jbd ,therefore1 as for you1 let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning4 ,if that which you heard from the beginning remains in you1 you also will remain in the ,son1 and in the ,father4 #jjb3jbe ,this is the promise which he promised us1 the eternal life4 #jjb3jbf ,these things ,i have written to you concerning those who would lead you astray4 #jjb3jbg ,as for you1 the anointing which you received from him remains in you1 and you don't need for anyone to teach you4 ,but as his anointing teaches you concerning all things1 and is true1 and is no lie1 and even as it taught you1 you will remain in him4 #jjb3jbh ,now1 little children1 remain in him1 that when he appears1 we may have boldness1 and not be ashamed before him at his coming4 #jjb3jbi ,if you know that he is righteous1 you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him4 #jjc3jja ,behold1 how great a love the ,father has bestowed on us1 that we should be called children of ,god6 ,for this cause the world doesn't know us1 because it didn't know him4 #jjc3jjb ,beloved1 now we are children of ,god1 and it is not yet revealed what we will be4 ,but we know that1 when he is revealed1 we will be like him2 for we will see him just as he is4 #jjc3jjc ,everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself1 even as he is pure4 #jjc3jjd ,everyone who sins also commits lawlessness4 ,sin is lawlessness4 #jjc3jje ,you know that he was revealed to take away our sins1 and in him is no sin4 #jjc3jjf ,whoever remains in him doesn't sin4 ,whoever sins hasn't seen him1 neither knows him4 #jjc3jjg ,little children1 let no one lead you astray4 ,he who does righteousness is righteous1 even as he is righteous4 #jjc3jjh ,he who sins is of the devil1 for the devil has been sinning from the beginning4 ,to this end the ,son of ,god was revealed1 that he might destroy the works of the devil4 #jjc3jji ,whoever is born of ,god doesn't commit sin1 because his seed remains in him2 and he can't sin1 because he is born of ,god4 #jjc3jaj ,in this the children of ,god are revealed1 and the children of the devil4 ,whoever doesn't do righteousness is not of ,god1 neither is he who doesn't love his brother4 #jjc3jaa ,for this is the message which you heard from the beginning1 that we should love one another2 #jjc3jab unlike ,cain1 who was of the evil one1 and killed his brother4 ,why did he kill him8 ,because his works were evil1 and his brother's righteous4 #jjc3jac ,don't be surprised1 my brothers1 if the world hates you4 #jjc3jad ,we know that we have passed out of death into life1 because we love the brothers4 ,he who doesn't love his brother remains in death4 #jjc3jae ,whoever hates his brother is a murderer1 and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him4 #jjc3jaf ,by this we know love1 because he laid down his life for us4 ,and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers4 #jjc3jag ,but whoever has the world's goods1 and sees his brother in need1 and closes his heart of compassion against him1 how does the love of ,god remain in him8 #jjc3jah ,my little children1 let's not love in word only1 neither with the tongue only1 but in deed and truth4 #jjc3jai ,and by this we know that we are of the truth1 and persuade our hearts before him1 #jjc3jbj because if our heart condemns us1 ,god is greater than our heart1 and knows all things4 #jjc3jba ,beloved1 if our hearts don't condemn us1 we have boldness toward ,god2 #jjc3jbb and whatever we ask1 we receive from him1 because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight4 #jjc3jbc ,this is his commandment1 that we should believe in the name of his ,son1 ,jesus ,christ1 and love one another1 even as he commanded4 #jjc3jbd ,he who keeps his commandments remains in him1 and he in him4 ,by this we know that he remains in us1 by the ,spirit which he gave us4 #jjd3jja ,beloved1 don't believe every spirit1 but test the spirits1 whether they are of ,god1 because many false prophets have gone out into the world4 #jjd3jjb ,by this you know the ,spirit of ,god3 every spirit who confesses that ,jesus ,christ has come in the flesh is of ,god1 #jjd3jjc and every spirit who doesn't confess that ,jesus ,christ has come in the flesh is not of ,god1 and this is the spirit of the antichrist1 of whom you have heard that it comes4 ,now it is in the world already4 #jjd3jjd ,you are of ,god1 little children1 and have overcome them2 because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world4 #jjd3jje ,they are of the world4 ,therefore they speak of the world1 and the world hears them4 #jjd3jjf ,we are of ,god4 ,he who knows ,god listens to us4 ,he who is not of ,god doesn't listen to us4 ,by this we know the spirit of truth1 and the spirit of error4 #jjd3jjg ,beloved1 let us love one another1 for love is of ,god2 and everyone who loves is born of ,god1 and knows ,god4 #jjd3jjh ,he who doesn't love doesn't know ,god1 for ,god is love4 #jjd3jji ,by this ,god's love was revealed in us1 that ,god has sent his one and only ,son into the world that we might live through him4 #jjd3jaj ,in this is love1 not that we loved ,god1 but that he loved us1 and sent his ,son as the atoning sacrificeatoning sacrifice is from the ,greek hilasmos1 an appeasing1 propitiating1 or the means of appeasement or propitiation--the sacrifice that turns away ,god's wrath because of our sin4 for our sins4 #jjd3jaa ,beloved1 if ,god loved us in this way1 we also ought to love one another4 #jjd3jab ,no one has seen ,god at any time4 ,if we love one another1 ,god remains in us1 and his love has been perfected in us4 #jjd3jac ,by this we know that we remain in him and he in us1 because he has given us of his ,spirit4 #jjd3jad ,we have seen and testify that the ,father has sent the ,son as the ,savior of the world4 #jjd3jae ,whoever confesses that ,jesus is the ,son of ,god1 ,god remains in him1 and he in ,god4 #jjd3jaf ,we know and have believed the love which ,god has for us4 ,god is love1 and he who remains in love remains in ,god1 and ,god remains in him4 #jjd3jag ,in this love has been made perfect among us1 that we may have boldness in the day of judgment1 because as he is1 even so are we in this world4 #jjd3jah ,there is no fear in love2 but perfect love casts out fear1 because fear has punishment4 ,he who fears is not made perfect in love4 #jjd3jai ,we love ,him1 because he first loved us4 #jjd3jbj ,if a man says1 ,i love ,god1 and hates his brother1 he is a liar2 for he who doesn't love his brother whom he has seen1 how can he love ,god whom he has not seen8 #jjd3jba ,this commandment we have from him1 that he who loves ,god should also love his brother4 #jje3jja ,whoever believes that ,jesus is the ,christ is born of ,god4 ,whoever loves the father also loves the child who is born of him4 #jje3jjb ,by this we know that we love the children of ,god1 when we love ,god and keep his commandments4 #jje3jjc ,for this is the love of ,god1 that we keep his commandments4 ,his commandments are not grievous4 #jje3jjd ,for whatever is born of ,god overcomes the world4 ,this is the victory that has overcome the world3 your faith4 #jje3jje ,who is he who overcomes the world1 but he who believes that ,jesus is the ,son of ,god8 #jje3jjf ,this is he who came by water and blood1 ,jesus ,christ2 not with the water only1 but with the water and the blood4 ,it is the ,spirit who testifies1 because the ,spirit is the truth4 #jje3jjg ,for there are three who testify,only a few recent manuscripts add in heaven3 the ,father1 the ,word1 and the ,holy ,spirit2 and these three are one4 ,and there are three that testify on earth3 #jje3jjh the ,spirit1 the water1 and the blood2 and the three agree as one4 #jje3jji ,if we receive the witness of men1 the witness of ,god is greater2 for this is ,god's testimony which he has testified concerning his ,son4 #jje3jaj ,he who believes in the ,son of ,god has the testimony in himself4 ,he who doesn't believe ,god has made him a liar1 because he has not believed in the testimony that ,god has given concerning his ,son4 #jje3jaa ,the testimony is this1 that ,god gave to us eternal life1 and this life is in his ,son4 #jje3jab ,he who has the ,son has the life4 ,he who doesn't have ,god's ,son doesn't have the life4 #jje3jac ,these things ,i have written to you who believe in the name of the ,son of ,god1 that you may know that you have eternal life1 and that you may continue to believe in the name of the ,son of ,god4 #jje3jad ,this is the boldness which we have toward him1 that1 if we ask anything according to his will1 he listens to us4 #jje3jae ,and if we know that he listens to us1 whatever we ask1 we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him4 #jje3jaf ,if anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death1 he shall ask1 and ,god will give him life for those who sin not leading to death4 ,there is a sin leading to death4 ,i don't say that he should make a request concerning this4 #jje3jag ,all unrighteousness is sin1 and there is a sin not leading to death4 #jje3jah ,we know that whoever is born of ,god doesn't sin1 but he who was born of ,god keeps himself1 and the evil one doesn't touch him4 #jje3jai ,we know that we are of ,god1 and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one4 #jje3jbj ,we know that the ,son of ,god has come1 and has given us an understanding1 that we know him who is true1 and we are in him who is true1 in his ,son ,jesus ,christ4 ,this is the true ,god1 and eternal life4 #jje3jba ,little children1 keep yourselves from idols4