³⁷ But let your statement be, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’; anything beyond these is ^[a]of ^(A)evil.

¹³ I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him ^(A)who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because ^(B)you have overcome ^(C)the evil one. I have written to you, children, because ^(D)you know the Father. ¹⁴ I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him ^(E)who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are ^(F)strong, and the ^(G)word of God abides in you, and ^(H)you have overcome the evil one.

Do Not Love the World

¹⁵ Do not love ^(I)the world nor the things in the world. ^(J)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ For all that is in the world, ^(K)the lust of the flesh and ^(L)the lust of the eyes and ^(M)the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. ^17 (N)The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who ^(O)does the will of God lives forever.

¹⁸ Children, ^(P)it is the last hour; and just as you heard that ^(Q)antichrist is coming, ^(R)even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour. ^19 (S)They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, ^(T)so that ^[a]it would be shown that they all are not of us. ^20 [b]But you have an ^(U)anointing from ^(V)the Holy One, and ^(W)you all know. ²¹ I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but ^(X)because you do know it, and ^[c]because no lie is ^(Y)of the truth. ²² Who is the liar but ^(Z)the one who denies that Jesus is the ^[d]Christ? This is ^(AA)the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. ^23 (AB)Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. ²⁴ As for you, let that abide in you which you heard ^(AC)from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also ^(AD)will abide in the Son and in the Father.

The Promise Is Eternal Life

^25 (AE)This is the promise which He Himself ^[e]made to us: eternal life.

²⁶ These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to ^(AF)deceive you. ²⁷ As for you, the ^(AG)anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing ^(AH)teaches you about all things, and is ^(AI)true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, ^[f]you abide in Him.

²⁸ Now, ^(AJ)little children, abide in Him, so that when He ^(AK)appears, we may have ^(AL)confidence and ^(AM)not ^[g]shrink away from Him in shame ^[h]at His ^(AN)coming. ²⁹ If you know that ^(AO)He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness ^(AP)is ^[i]born of Him.