,weymouth ,new ,testament in ,modern ,speech1 #a ,john ,third ,edition #aiac ,r4 ,f4 ,weymouth ,book #fb #a ,john #jja3jja ,that which was from the beginning1 which we have listened to1 which we have seen with our own eyes1 and our own hands have handled concerning the ,word of ,life-- #jja3jjb the ,life was manifested1 and we have seen and bear witness1 and we declare unto you the ,life of the ,ages which was with the ,father and was manifested to us-- #jja3jjc that which we have seen and listened to we now announce to you also1 in order that you also may have fellowship in it with us1 and this fellowship with us is fellowship with the ,father and with ,his ,son ,jesus ,christ4 #jja3jjd ,and we write these things in order that our joy may be made complete4 #jja3jje ,this is the ,message which we have heard from the ,lord ,jesus and now deliver to you--,god is ,light1 and in ,him there is no darkness4 #jja3jjf ,if1 while we are living in darkness1 we profess to have fellowship with ,him1 we speak falsely and are not adhering to the truth4 #jja3jjg ,but if we live in the light as ,he is in the light1 we have fellowship with one another1 and the blood of ,jesus1 ,his ,son1 cleanses us from all sin4 #jja3jjh ,if we claim to be already free from sin1 we lead ourselves astray and the truth has no place in our hearts4 #jja3jji ,if we confess our sins1 ,he is so faithful and just that ,he forgives us our sins and cleanses us from all unrighteousness4 #jja3jaj ,if we deny that we have sinned1 we make ,him a liar1 and ,his ,message has no place in our hearts4 #jjb3jja ,dear children1 ,i write thus to you in order that you may not sin4 ,if any one sins1 we have an ,advocate with the ,father--,jesus ,christ the righteous2 #jjb3jjb and ,he is an atoning sacrifice for our sins1 and not for ours only1 but also for the sins of the whole world4 #jjb3jjc ,and by this we may know that we know ,him--if we obey ,his commands4 #jjb3jjd ,he who professes to know ,him1 and yet does not obey ,his commands1 is a liar1 and the truth has no place in his heart4 #jjb3jje ,but whoever obeys ,his ,message1 in him love for ,god has in very deed reached perfection4 ,by this we can know that we are in ,him4 #jjb3jjf ,the man who professes to be continuing in ,him is himself also bound to live as ,he lived4 #jjb3jjg ,my dearly-loved friends1 it is no new command that ,i am now giving you1 but an old command which you have had from the very beginning4 ,by the old command ,i mean the teaching which you have already received4 #jjb3jjh ,and yet ,i 99am99 giving you a new command1 for such it really is1 so far as both ,he and you are concerned3 because the darkness is now passing away and the light1 the true light1 is already beginning to shine4 #jjb3jji ,any one who professes to be in the light and yet hates his brother man is still in darkness4 #jjb3jaj ,he who loves his brother man continues in the light1 and his life puts no stumbling-block in the way of others4 #jjb3jaa ,but he who hates his brother man is in darkness and is walking in darkness2 and he does not know where he is going-- because the darkness has blinded his eyes4 #jjb3jab ,i am writing to you1 dear children1 because for ,his sake your sins are forgiven you4 #jjb3jac ,i am writing to you1 fathers1 because you know ,him who has existed from the very beginning4 ,i am writing to you1 young men1 because you have overcome the ,evil one4 ,i have written to you1 children1 because you know the ,father4 #jjb3jad ,i have written to you1 fathers1 because you know ,him who has existed from the very beginning4 ,i have written to you1 young men1 because you are strong and ,god's ,message still has a place in your hearts1 and you have overcome the ,evil one4 #jjb3jae ,do not love the world1 nor the things in the world4 ,if any one loves the world1 there is no love in his heart for the ,father4 #jjb3jaf ,for the things in the world--the cravings of the earthly nature1 the cravings of the eyes1 the show and pride of life-- they all come1 not from the ,father1 but from the world4 #jjb3jag ,and the world1 with its cravings1 is passing away1 but he who does ,god's will continues for ever4 #jjb3jah ,dear children1 the last hour has come2 and as you once heard that there was to be an anti-,christ1 so even now many anti-,christs have appeared4 ,by this we may know that the last hour has come4 #jjb3jai ,they have gone forth from our midst1 but they did not really belong to us2 for had they belonged to us1 they would have remained with us4 ,but they left us that it might be manifest that professed believers do not all belong to us4 #jjb3jbj ,as for you1 you have an anointing from the holy ,one and have perfect knowledge4 #jjb3jba ,i have written to you1 not because you are ignorant of the truth1 but because you know it1 and you know that nothing false comes from the truth4 #jjb3jbb ,who is a liar compared with him who denies that ,jesus is the ,christ8 ,he who disowns the ,father and the ,son is the anti-,christ4 #jjb3jbc ,no one who disowns the ,son has the ,father4 ,he who acknowledges the ,son has also the ,father4 #jjb3jbd ,as for you1 let the teaching which you have received from the very beginning continue in your hearts4 ,if that teaching does continue in your hearts1 you also will continue to be in union with the ,son and with the ,father4 #jjb3jbe ,and this is the promise which ,he ,himself has given us-- the ,life of the ,ages4 #jjb3jbf ,i have thus written to you concerning those who are leading you astray4 #jjb3jbg ,and as for you1 the anointing which you received from ,him remains within you1 and there is no need for any one to teach you4 ,but since ,his anointing gives you instruction in all things-- and is true and is no falsehood--you are continuing in union with ,him even as it has taught you to do4 #jjb3jbh ,and now1 dear children1 continue in union with ,him2 so that1 if ,he re-appears1 we may have perfect confidence1 and may not shrink away in shame from ,his presence at ,his ,coming4 #jjb3jbi ,since you know that ,he is righteous1 be assured also that the man who habitually acts righteously is a child of ,his4 #jjc3jja ,see what marvellous love the ,father has bestowed upon us-- that we should be called ,god's children3 and that is what we are4 ,for this reason the world does not recognize us--because it has not known ,him4 #jjc3jjb ,dear friends1 we are now ,god's children1 but what we are to be in the future has not yet been fully revealed4 ,we know that if ,christ reappears we shall be like ,him1 because we shall see ,him as ,he is4 #jjc3jjc ,and every man who has this hope fixed on ,him1 purifies himself so as to be as pure as ,he is4 #jjc3jjd ,every one who is guilty of sin is also guilty of violating ,law2 for sin is the violation of ,law4 #jjc3jje ,and you know that ,he appeared in order to take away sins2 and in ,him there is no sin4 #jjc3jjf ,no one who continues in union with ,him lives in sin3 no one who lives in sin has seen ,him or knows ,him4 #jjc3jjg ,dear children1 let no one lead you astray4 ,the man who acts righteously is righteous1 just as ,he is righteous4 #jjc3jjh ,he who is habitually guilty of sin is a child of the ,devil1 because the ,devil has been a sinner from the very beginning4 ,the ,son of ,god appeared for the purpose of undoing the work of the ,devil4 #jjc3jji ,no one who is a child of ,god is habitually guilty of sin4 ,a ,god-given germ of life remains in him1 and he cannot habitually sin--because he is a child of ,god4 #jjc3jaj ,by this we can distinguish ,god's children and the ,devil's children3 no one who fails to act righteously is a child of ,god1 nor he who does not love his brother man4 #jjc3jaa ,for this is the ,message you have heard from the beginning-- that we are to love one another4 #jjc3jab ,we are not to resemble ,cain1 who was a child of the ,evil one and killed his own brother4 ,and why did he kill him8 ,because his own actions were wicked and his brother's actions righteous4 #jjc3jac ,do not be surprised1 brethren1 if the world hates you4 #jjc3jad ,as for us1 we know that we have already passed out of death into ,life--because we love our brother men4 ,he who is destitute of love continues dead4 #jjc3jae ,every one who hates his brother man is a murderer2 and you know that no murderer has the ,life of the ,ages continuing in him4 #jjc3jaf ,we know what love is--through ,christ's having laid down ,his life on our behalf2 and in the same way we ought to lay down our lives for our brother men4 #jjc3jag ,but if any one has this world's wealth and sees that his brother man is in need1 and yet hardens his heart against him-- how can such a one continue to love ,god8 #jjc3jah ,dear children1 let us not love in words only nor with the lips1 but in deed and in truth4 #jjc3jai ,and in this way we shall come to know that we are loyal to the truth1 and shall satisfy our consciences in ,his presence #jjc3jbj in whatever matters our hearts condemn us--because ,god is greater than our hearts and knows everything4 #jjc3jba ,dear friends1 if our hearts do not condemn us1 we have perfect confidence towards ,god2 #jjc3jbb and whatever we ask for we obtain from ,him1 because we obey ,his commands and do the things which are pleasing in ,his sight4 #jjc3jbc ,and this is ,his command--that we are to believe in ,his ,son ,jesus ,christ and love one another1 just as ,he has commanded us to do4 #jjc3jbd ,the man who obeys ,his commands continues in union with ,god1 and ,god continues in union with him2 and through ,his ,spirit whom ,he has given us we can know that ,he continues in union with us4 #jjd3jja ,dear friends1 do not believe every spirit1 but put the spirits to the test to see whether they are from ,god2 for many false teachers have gone out into the world4 #jjd3jjb ,the test by which you may recognize the ,spirit of ,god is that every spirit which acknowledges that ,jesus ,christ has come as man is from ,god1 #jjd3jjc and that no spirit is from ,god which does not acknowledge this about ,jesus4 ,such is the spirit of the anti-,christ2 of whose coming you have heard1 and it is already in the world4 #jjd3jjd ,as for you1 dear children1 you are ,god's children1 and have successfully resisted them2 for greater is ,he who is in you than he who is in the world4 #jjd3jje ,they are the world's children1 and so their language is that of the world1 and the world listens to them4 ,we are ,god's children4 #jjd3jjf ,the man who is beginning to know ,god listens to us1 but he who is not a child of ,god does not listen to us4 ,by this test we can distinguish the ,spirit of truth from the spirit of error4 #jjd3jjg ,dear friends1 let us love one another2 for love has its origin in ,god1 and every one who loves has become a child of ,god and is beginning to know ,god4 #jjd3jjh ,he who is destitute of love has never had any knowledge of ,god2 because ,god is love4 #jjd3jji ,god's love for us has been manifested in that ,he has sent ,his only ,son into the world so that we may have ,life through ,him4 #jjd3jaj ,this is love indeed--we did not love ,god1 but ,he loved us and sent ,his ,son to be an atoning sacrifice for our sins4 #jjd3jaa ,dear friends1 if ,god has so loved us1 we also ought to love one another4 #jjd3jab ,no one has ever yet seen ,god4 ,if we love one another1 ,god continues in union with us1 and ,his love in all its perfection is in our hearts4 #jjd3jac ,we can know that we are continuing in union with ,him and that ,he is continuing in union with us1 by the fact that ,he has given us a portion of ,his ,spirit4 #jjd3jad ,and we have seen and bear witness that the ,father has sent the ,son to be the ,saviour of the world4 #jjd3jae ,whoever acknowledges that ,jesus is the ,son of ,god--,god continues in union with him1 and he continues in union with ,god4 #jjd3jaf ,and1 as for us1 we know the love which ,god has for us1 and we confide in it4 ,god is love1 and he who continues to love continues in union with ,god1 and ,god continues in union with him4 #jjd3jag ,our love will be manifested in all its perfection by our having complete confidence on the day of the ,judgement2 because just what ,he is1 we also are in the world4 #jjd3jah ,love has in it no element of fear2 but perfect love drives away fear1 because fear involves pain1 and if a man gives way to fear1 there is something imperfect in his love4 #jjd3jai ,we love because ,god first loved us4 #jjd3jbj ,if any one says that he loves ,god1 while he hates his brother man1 he is a liar2 for he who does not love his brother man whom he has seen1 cannot love ,god whom he has not seen4 #jjd3jba ,and the command which we have from ,him is that he who loves ,god must love his brother man also4 #jje3jja ,every one who believes that ,jesus is the ,christ is a child of ,god2 and every one who loves the ,father loves also ,him who is the ,father's ,child4 #jje3jjb ,the fact that we love ,god ,himself1 and obey ,his commands1 is a proof that we love ,god's children4 #jje3jjc ,love for ,god means obedience to ,his commands2 and ,his commands are not irksome4 #jje3jjd ,for every child of ,god overcomes the world2 and the victorious principle which has overcome the world is our faith4 #jje3jje ,who but the man that believes that ,jesus is the ,son of ,god overcomes the world8 #jje3jjf ,jesus ,christ is ,he who came with water and blood2 not with the water only1 but with the water and with the blood4 ,and it is the ,spirit who gives testimony--because the ,spirit is the ,truth4 #jje3jjg ,for there are three that give testimony--the ,spirit1 the water1 and the blood2 #jje3jjh and there is complete agreement between these three4 #jje3jji ,if we accept the testimony of men1 ,god's testimony is greater3 for ,god's testimony consists of the things which ,he has testified about ,his ,son4 #jje3jaj ,he who believes in the ,son of ,god has the testimony in his own heart3 he who does not believe ,god has made ,him a liar1 in that he has refused to accept the testimony which ,god has given about ,his ,son4 #jje3jaa ,and that testimony is to the effect that ,god has given us the ,life of the ,ages1 and that this ,life is in ,his ,son4 #jje3jab ,he who has the ,son has the ,life3 he who has not the ,son of ,god has not the ,life4 #jje3jac ,i write all this to you in order that you who believe in the ,son of ,god may know for certain that you already have the ,life of the ,ages4 #jje3jad ,and we have an assured confidence that whenever we ask anything in accordance with ,his will1 ,he listens to us4 #jje3jae ,and since we know that ,he listens to us1 then whatever we ask1 we know that we have the things which we have asked from ,him4 #jje3jaf ,if any one sees a brother man committing a sin which is not unto death1 he shall ask and ,god shall give him life-- for those who do not sin unto death4 ,there is such a thing as sin unto death2 for that ,i do not bid him make request4 #jje3jag ,any kind of wrongdoing is sin2 but there is sin which is not unto death4 #jje3jah ,we know that no one who is a child of ,god lives in sin1 but ,he who is ,god's ,child keeps him1 and the ,evil one cannot touch him4 #jje3jai ,we know that we are children of ,god1 and that the whole world lies in the power of the ,evil one4 #jje3jbj ,and we know that the ,son of ,god has come1 and has given us understanding so that we know the true ,one1 and are in union with the true ,one--that is1 we are in union with ,his ,son ,jesus ,christ4 ,he is the true ,god and the ,life of the ,ages4 #jje3jba ,dear children1 guard yourselves from idols4