1. My children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an Intercessor with the Father—the righteous Messiah Yeshua.
2. He is the atonement for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole world.
3. Now we know that we have come to know Him by this—if we keep His commandments.
4. The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5. But whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God is truly made perfect. We know that we are in Him by this—
6. whoever claims to abide in Him must walk just as He walked.
7. Loved ones, I am not writing a new commandment for you, but an old commandment—one you had from the beginning. This old commandment is the word you have heard.