4. he who is saying, `I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;
5. and whoever may keep his word, truly in him the love of God hath been perfected; in this we know that in him we are.
6. He who is saying in him he doth remain, ought according as he walked also himself so to walk.
7. Brethren, a new command I write not to you, but an old command, that ye had from the beginning--the old command is the word that ye heard from the beginning;
8. again, a new command I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness doth pass away, and the true light doth now shine;
9. he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now;