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1 My dear children, these things I write unto you, that ye may avoid sin, but if any man has failed, we have an advocate with the father, Jesus Christ the just. 2 he is the the victim that has expiated our sins: and not ours only, but likewise the sins of the whole world. 3 if we keep his commandments, that is a proof that we know him. 4 he that says, he knows him, and does not keep his commandments, is a lyar, and an enemy to the truth: 5 but he that observes his precepts, loves God with a true and perfect love: 'tis by this we know that we are truly christians. 6 he that says he is attach'd to Christ, ought to regulate his conduct by his example. 7 My brethren, I don't prescribe you any new commandment, but the antient precept which you had from the beginning: and that is no other than the word which was originally delivered. 8 however, it is really, in effect, a new commandment I write unto you, with respect to you: because the darkness is past, and things now appear in their true light. 1 John 2:1-8, Mace New Testament. Public domain.
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