2:3 Now 7 by this we know that we have come to know God: 8 if we keep his commandments. 2:4 The one who says “I have come to know God” 9 and yet does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in such a person. 2:5 But whoever obeys his 10 word, truly in this person 11 the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him. 2:6 The one who says he resides 12 in God 13 ought himself to walk 14 just as Jesus 15 walked.
2:7 Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. 16 The old commandment is the word that you have already 17 heard. 2:8 On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you which is true in him 18 and in you, because 19 the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. 20 2:9 The one who says he is in the light but still hates 21 his fellow Christian 22 is still in the darkness. 2:10 The one who loves his fellow Christian 23 resides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 24 2:11 But the one who hates his fellow Christian 25 is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. 26
2:12 I am writing to you, 27 little children, that 28 your sins have been forgiven because of his 29 name. 2:13 I am writing to you, fathers, that 30 you have known him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people, that 31 you have conquered the evil one. 32