Father. (14)I have written unto
you, fathers, because ye have known him, who is from the beginning. I
have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word
of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

(15)Love not the world, neither the things which are in the world. If
any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (16)For
every thing which is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust
of the eyes, and the pomp of life, is not of the Father, but is of the
world. (17)And the world is passing away, and the lust thereof, but he
who doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

(18)My dear children, it is the last hour; and as ye have heard that
antichrist is coming, even now there are many antichrists: by which we
know it is the last hour. (19)They went out from us, but they were not
of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us;
but they departed, that they might be made manifest that they are not
all of us: (20)though ye have an unction from the Holy One, and know
all things. (21)I have not written to you because ye know not the
truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. (22)Who
is the liar, but he that denieth that Jesus is the Messiah? This man is
the antichrist, who denieth the Father and the Son. (23)Every one that
denieth the Son, neither doth he hold the Father; but he that
acknowledgeth the Son, holdeth the Father also. (24)Let that abide in
you therefore which ye have heard from the beginning. If that abide in
you which ye heard from the beginning, ye also shall abide in the Son
and in the Father. (25)And this is the promise which he hath promised
to us, even life eternal.

(26)These things have I written unto you concerning those who are
leading you astray. (27)But the unction which ye have received from him
abideth in you; and ye need not that any person should instruct you.
But as the same unction teacheth you concerning all things, and is
true, and is no lie; and as it hath taught you, abide in him. (28)And
now, my dear children, abide in him; that when he shall appear, we may
have confidence, and not be put to shame by him at his coming. (29)If
ye know that he is righteous, know that every one who practises
righteousness is born of him.

CHAP. III.

BEHOLD, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we
should be called children of God! therefore the world knoweth us not,
because it knew him not