We write this to make our joy complete.

My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

I write to you, dear children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.

Concluding Affirmations

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.