1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God. Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.4 Whoever produces sin also produces lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.5 And you know that He was manifested in order to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin.6 Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Everyone who sins has not seen Him nor known Him.7 Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who produces righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.8 He who produces sin is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this, the Son of God was made known, that He might destroy the works of the devil.9 Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and it is not his nature to sin, because he has been born of God.10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not produce righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another,12 not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous.13 Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you.14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother remains in death.15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.16 By this we know the love of God, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.17 But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.20 For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God.22 And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, as He gave us commandment.24 Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.

1 Se ye what maner charite the fadir yaf to vs, that we be named the sones of God, and ben hise sones. For this thing the world knewe not vs, for it knew not hym.2 Moost dere britheren, now we ben the sones of God, and yit it apperide not, what we schulen be. We witen, that whanne he schal appere, we schulen be lijk hym, for we schulen se hym as he is.3 And ech man that hath this hope in hym, makith hym silf hooli, as he is hooli.4 Ech man that doith synne, doith also wickidnesse, and synne is wickidnesse.5 And ye witen, that he apperide to do awei synnes, and synne is not in hym.6 Ech man that dwellith in hym, synneth not; and ech that synneth, seeth not hym, nether knew hym.7 Litle sones, no man disseyue you; he that doith riytwysnesse, is iust, as also he is iust.8 He that doith synne, is of the deuel; for the deuel synneth fro the bigynnyng. In this thing the sone of God apperide, that he vndo the werkis of the deuel.9 Ech man that is borun of God, doith not synne; for the seed of God dwellith in hym, and he may not do synne, for he is borun of God.10 In this thing the sones of God ben knowun, and the sones of the feend. Ech man that is not iust, is not of God, and he that loueth not his brothir.11 For this is the tellyng, that ye herden at the bigynnyng, that ye loue ech othere;12 not as Caym, that was of the yuele, and slouy his brother. And for what thing slouy he him? for hise werkis weren yuele, and hise brotheris iust.13 Britheren, nyle ye wondre, if the world hatith you.14 We witen, that we ben translatid fro deeth to lijf, for we louen britheren. He that loueth not, dwellith in deth.15 Ech man that hatith his brother, is a man sleere; and ye witen, that ech mansleere hath not euerlastinge lijf dwellinge in hym.16 In this thing we han knowe the charite of God, for he puttide his lijf for vs, and we owen to putte oure lyues for oure britheren.17 He that hath the catel of this world, and seeth that his brothir hath nede, and closith his entrailis fro hym, hou dwellith the charite of God in hym?18 Mi litle sones, loue we not in word, nethir in tunge, but in werk and treuthe.19 In this thing we knowen, that we ben of treuthe, and in his siyt we monesten oure hertis.20 For if oure herte repreueth vs, God is more than oure hert, and knowith alle thingis.21 Moost dere britheren, if oure herte repreueth not vs, we han trust to God;22 and what euer we schulen axe, we schulen resseyue of hym, for we kepen hise comaundementis, and we don tho thingis that ben plesaunt bifor hym.23 And this is the comaundement of God, that we bileue in the name of his sone Jhesu Crist, and that we loue ech othere, as he yaf heeste to vs.24 And he that kepith hise comaundementis, dwellith in hym, and he in hym. And in this thing we witen, that he dwellith in vs, bi the spirit, whom he yaf to vs.