Study Desk

^(C1)My little children, I am ^(C2)writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, ^(C3)we have an ^(F1)(C4)Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;

and He Himself is ^(C1)the ^(F1)propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also ^(C2)for the sins of the whole world.

^(C1)By this we know that we have come to ^(C2)know Him, if we ^(C3)keep His commandments.

The one who says, "^(C1)I have come to ^(C2)know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a ^(C3)liar, and ^(C4)the truth is not in him;

but whoever ^(C1)follows His word, in him the ^(C2)love of God has truly been perfected. ^(C3)By this we know that we are in Him:

the one who says that he ^(C1)remains in Him ^(C2)ought, himself also, to walk just as He walked.

^(C1)Beloved, I am ^(C2)not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had ^(C3)from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.

^(F1)On the other hand, I am writing ^(C1)a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because ^(C2)the darkness is passing away and ^(C3)the true Light is already shining.

The one who says that he is in the Light and yet ^(C1)hates his ^(C2)brother or sister is in the darkness until now.

^(C1)The one who loves his brother and sister remains in the Light, and there is nothing in him to cause stumbling.

But the one who ^(C1)hates his brother or sister is in the darkness and ^(C2)walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has ^(C3)blinded his eyes.

I am writing to you, ^(C1)little children, because ^(C2)your sins have been forgiven you on account of His name.