the righteous;
002:002 and He is an atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only,
but also for the sins of the whole world.
002:003 And by this we may know that we know Him--if we obey His commands.
002:004 He who professes to know Him, and yet does not obey His commands,
is a liar, and the truth has no place in his heart.
002:005 But whoever obeys His Message, in him love for God has in
very deed reached perfection. By this we can know that we
are in Him.
002:006 The man who professes to be continuing in Him is himself
also bound to live as He lived.
002:007 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.
002:008 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.
002:009 Any one who professes to be in the light and yet hates his
brother man is still in darkness.
002:010 He who loves his brother man continues in the light, and his
life puts no stumbling-block in the way of others.
002:011 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.
002:012 I am writing to you, dear children, because for His sake
your sins are forgiven you.
002:013 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has
existed from the very beginning. I am writing to you,