Brethren, I write no new commandmentunto you, but an old commandmentwhich ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the wordwhich ye haveheardfrom the beginning.
I writeunto you, fathers, because ye haveknown him that is from the beginning. I writeunto you, young men, because ye haveovercome the wicked one. I writeunto you, littlechildren, because ye haveknown the Father.
I havewrittenunto you, fathers, because ye haveknown him that is from the beginning. I havewrittenunto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye haveovercome the wicked one.
Littlechildren, it is the lasttime: and as ye haveheardthatantichristshallcome, even now are theremanyantichrists; whereby we knowthat it is the lasttime.
Theywent out from us, but theywere not of us; for if they had been of us, theywould no doubthavecontinuedwith us: but theywent out, thattheymight be mademanifestthattheywere not all of us.
Let thatthereforeabide in you, which ye haveheardfrom the beginning. If thatwhich ye haveheardfrom the beginningshallremain in you, ye alsoshallcontinue in the Son, and in the Father.
But the anointingwhich ye havereceived of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the sameanointingteacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hathtaught you, ye shallabide in him.