1 John 1:8-2:11

New International Version

⁸ If we claim to be without sin,^(A) we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.^{(B) 9} If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins^(C) and purify us from all unrighteousness.^{(D) 10} If we claim we have not sinned,^(E) we make him out to be a liar^(F) and his word is not in us.^(G)

2 My dear children,^(H) I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate^(I) with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. ² He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,^(J) and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.^(K)

Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers

³ We know^(L) that we have come to know him^(M) if we keep his commands.^{(N) 4} Whoever says, “I know him,”^(O) but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.^{(P) 5} But if anyone obeys his word,^(Q) love for God^[a] is truly made complete in them.^(R) This is how we know^(S) we are in him: ⁶ Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.^(T)

⁷ Dear friends,^(U) I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning.^(V) This old command is the message you have heard. ⁸ Yet I am writing you a new command;^(W) its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing^(X) and the true light^(Y) is already shining.^(Z)

⁹ Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister^[b](AA) is still in the darkness.^{(AB) 10} Anyone who loves their brother and sister^[c] lives in the light,^(AC) and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.^{(AD) 11} But anyone who hates a brother or sister^(AE) is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness.^(AF) They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.^(AG)