PROJECT: BIBLE 2
THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING* WHICH WE HAVE HEARD* WHICH WE HAVE SEEN WITH OUR EYES* WHICH WE HAVE LOOKED UPON* AND OUR HANDS HAVE HANDLED* OF THE WORD OF LIFE* (FOR THE LIFE WAS MANIFESTED* AND WE HAVE SEEN IT* AND BEAR WITNESS* AND SHEW UNTO YOU THAT ETERNAL LIFE* WHICH WAS WITH THE FATHER* AND WAS MANIFESTED UNTO US*) THAT WHICH WE HAVE SEEN AND HEARD DECLARE WE UNTO YOU* THAT YE ALSO MAY HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH US* AND TRULY OUR FELLOWSHIP IS WITH THE FATHER* AND WITH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST* AND THESE THINGS WRITE WE UNTO YOU* THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE FULL* THIS THEN IS THE MESSAGE WHICH WE HAVE HEARD OF HIM* AND DECLARE UNTO YOU* THAT GOD IS LIGHT* AND IN HIM IS NO DARKNESS AT ALL* IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM* AND WALK IN DARKNESS* WE LIE* AND DO NOT THE TRUTH* BUT IF WE WALK IN THE LIGHT* AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT* WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP ONE WITH ANOTHER* AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST HIS SON CLEANSETH US FROM ALL SIN* IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NO SIN* WE DECEIVE OURSELVES* AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN US* IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS* HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS* AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS* IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NOT SINNED* WE MAKE HIM A LIAR* AND HIS WORD IS NOT IN US*
MY LITTLE CHILDREN* THESE THINGS WRITE I UNTO YOU* THAT YE SIN NOT* AND IF ANY MAN SIN* WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER* JESUS CHRIST THE RIGHTEOUS* AND HE IS THE PROPITIATION FOR OUR SINS* AND NOT FOR OURS ONLY* BUT ALSO FOR THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD* AND HEREBY WE DO KNOW THAT WE KNOW HIM* IF WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS* HE THAT SAITH* I KNOW HIM* AND KEEPETH NOT HIS COMMANDMENTS* IS A LIAR* AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM* BUT WHOSO KEEPETH HIS WORD* IN HIM VERILY IS THE LOVE OF GOD PERFECTED* HEREBY KNOW WE THAT WE ARE IN HIM* HE THAT SAITH HE ABIDETH IN HIM OUGHT HIMSELF ALSO SO TO WALK* EVEN AS HE WALKED* BRETHREN* I WRITE NO NEW COMMANDMENT UNTO YOU* BUT AN OLD COMMANDMENT WHICH YE HAD FROM THE BEGINNING* THE OLD COMMANDMENT IS THE WORD WHICH YE HAVE HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING* AGAIN* A NEW COMMANDMENT I WRITE UNTO YOU* WHICH THING IS TRUE IN HIM AND IN YOU* BECAUSE THE DARKNESS IS PAST* AND THE TRUE LIGHT NOW SHINETH* HE THAT SAITH HE IS IN THE LIGHT* AND HATETH HIS BROTHER* IS IN DARKNESS EVEN UNTIL NOW* HE THAT LOVETH HIS BROTHER ABIDETH IN THE LIGHT* AND THERE IS NONE OCCASION OF STUMBLING IN HIM* BUT HE THAT HATETH HIS BROTHER IS IN DARKNESS* AND WALKETH IN DARKNESS* AND KNOWETH NOT WHITHER HE GOETH* BECAUSE THAT DARKNESS HATH BLINDED HIS EYES* I WRITE UNTO YOU* LITTLE CHILDREN* BECAUSE YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN YOU FOR HIS NAME’S SAKE* I WRITE UNTO YOU* FATHERS* BECAUSE YE HAVE KNOWN HIM THAT IS FROM THE BEGINNING* I WRITE UNTO YOU* YOUNG MEN* BECAUSE YE HAVE OVERCOME THE WICKED ONE* I WRITE UNTO YOU* LITTLE CHILDREN* BECAUSE YE HAVE KNOWN THE FATHER* I HAVE WRITTEN UNTO YOU* FATHERS* BECAUSE YE HAVE KNOWN HIM THAT 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* LOVE NOT THE WORLD* NEITHER THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE WORLD* IF ANY MAN LOVE THE WORLD* THE LOVE OF THE FATHER IS NOT IN HIM* FOR ALL THAT IS IN THE WORLD* THE LUST OF THE FLESH* AND THE LUST OF THE EYES* AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE* IS NOT OF THE FATHER* BUT IS OF THE WORLD* AND THE WORLD PASSETH AWAY* AND THE LUST THEREOF* BUT HE THAT DOETH THE WILL OF GOD ABIDETH FOR EVER* LITTLE CHILDREN* IT IS THE LAST TIME* AND AS YE HAVE HEARD THAT ANTICHRIST SHALL COME* EVEN NOW ARE THERE MANY ANTICHRISTS* WHEREBY WE KNOW THAT IT IS THE LAST TIME* THEY WENT OUT FROM US* BUT THEY WERE NOT OF US* FOR IF THEY HAD BEEN OF US* THEY WOULD NO DOUBT HAVE CONTINUED WITH US* BUT THEY WENT OUT* THAT THEY MIGHT BE MADE MANIFEST THAT THEY WERE NOT ALL OF US* BUT YE HAVE AN UNCTION FROM THE HOLY ONE* AND YE KNOW ALL THINGS* I HAVE NOT WRITTEN UNTO YOU BECAUSE YE KNOW NOT THE TRUTH* BUT BECAUSE YE KNOW IT* AND THAT NO LIE IS OF THE TRUTH* WHO IS A LIAR BUT HE THAT DENIETH THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST* HE IS ANTICHRIST* THAT DENIETH THE FATHER AND THE SON* WHOSOEVER DENIETH THE SON* THE SAME HATH NOT THE FATHER* HE THAT ACKNOWLEDGETH THE SON HATH THE FATHER ALSO* LET THAT THEREFORE ABIDE IN YOU* WHICH YE HAVE HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING* IF THAT WHICH YE HAVE HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING SHALL REMAIN IN YOU* YE ALSO SHALL CONTINUE IN THE SON* AND IN THE FATHER* AND THIS IS THE PROMISE THAT HE HATH PROMISED US* EVEN ETERNAL LIFE* THESE THINGS HAVE I WRITTEN UNTO YOU CONCERNING THEM THAT SEDUCE YOU* BUT THE ANOINTING WHICH YE HAVE RECEIVED OF HIM ABIDETH IN YOU* AND YE NEED NOT THAT ANY MAN TEACH YOU* BUT AS THE SAME ANOINTING TEACHETH YOU OF ALL THINGS* AND IS TRUTH* AND IS NO LIE* AND EVEN AS IT HATH TAUGHT YOU* YE SHALL ABIDE IN HIM* AND NOW* LITTLE CHILDREN* ABIDE IN HIM* THAT* WHEN HE SHALL APPEAR* WE MAY HAVE CONFIDENCE* AND NOT BE ASHAMED BEFORE HIM AT HIS COMING* IF YE KNOW THAT HE IS RIGHTEOUS* YE KNOW THAT EVERY ONE THAT DOETH RIGHTEOUSNESS IS BORN OF HIM*
BEHOLD* WHAT MANNER OF LOVE THE FATHER HATH BESTOWED UPON US* THAT WE SHOULD BE CALLED THE SONS OF GOD* THEREFORE THE WORLD KNOWETH US NOT* BECAUSE IT KNEW HIM NOT* BELOVED* NOW ARE WE THE SONS OF GOD* AND IT DOTH NOT YET APPEAR WHAT WE SHALL BE* BUT WE KNOW THAT* WHEN HE SHALL APPEEAR* WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM* FOR WE SHALL SEE HIM AS HE IS* AND EVERY MAN THAT HATH THIS HOPE IN HIM PURIFIETH HIMSELF* EVEN AS HE IS PURE* WHOSOEVER COMMITTETH SIN TRANSGRESSETH ALSO THE LAW* FOR SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW* AND YE KNOW THAT HE WAS MANIFESTED TO TAKE AWAY OUR SINS* AND IN HIM IS NO SIN* WHOSOEVER ABIDETH IN HIM SINNETH NOT* WHOSOEVER SINNETH HATH NOT SEEN HIM* NEITHER KNOWN HIM* LITTLE CHILDREN* LET NO MAN DECEIVE YOU* HE THAT DOETH RIGHTEOUSNESS IS RIGHTEOUS* EVEN AS HE IS RIGHTEOUS* HE THAT COMMITTETH SIN IS OF THE DEVIL* FOR THE DEVIL SINNETH FROM THE BEGINNING* FOR THIS PURPOSE THE SON OF GOD WAS MANIFESTED* THAT HE MIGHT DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL* WHOSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD DOTH NOT COMMIT SIN* FOR HIS SEED REMAINETH IN HIM* AND HE CANNOT SIN* BECAUSE HE IS BORN OF GOD* IN THIS THE CHILDREN OF GOD ARE MANIFEST* AND THE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL* WHOSOEVER DOETH NOT RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NOT OF GOD* NEITHER HE THAT LOVETH NOT HIS BROTHER* FOR THIS IS THE MESSAGE THAT YE HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING* THAT WE SHOULD LOVE ONE ANOTHER* NOT AS CAIN* WHO WAS OF THAT WICKED ONE* AND SLEW HIS BROTHER* AND WHEREFORE SLEW HE HIM* BECAUSE HIS OWN WORKS WERE EVIL* AND HIS BROTHER’S RIGHTEOUS* MARVEL NOT* MY BRETHREN* IF THE WORLD HATE YOU* WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE PASSED FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE* BECAUSE WE LOVE THE BRETHREN* HE THAT LOVETH NOT HIS BROTHER ABIDETH IN DEATH* WHOSOEVER HATETH HIS BROTHER IS A MURDERER* AND YE KNOW THAT NO MURDERER HATH ETERNAL LIFE ABIDING IN HIM* HEREBY PERCEIVE WE THE LOVE OF GOD* BECAUSE HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR US* AND WE OUGHT TO LAY DOWN OUR LIVES FOR THE BRETHREN* BUT WHOSO HATH THIS WORLD’S GOOD* AND SEETH HIS BROTHER HAVE NEED* AND SHUTTETH UP HIS BOWELS OF COMPASSION FROM HIM* HOW DWELLETH THE LOVE OF GOD IN HIM* MY LITTLE CHILDREN* LET US NOT LOVE IN WORD* NEITHER IN TONGUE* BUT IN DEED AND IN TRUTH* AND HEREBY WE KNOW THAT WE ARE OF THE TRUTH* AND SHALL ASSURE OUR HEARTS BEFORE HIM* FOR IF OUR HEART CONDEMN US* GOD IS GREATER THAN OUR HEART* AND KNOWETH ALL THINGS* BELOVED* IF OUR HEART CONDEMN US NOT* THEN HAVE WE CONFIDENCE TOWARD GOD* AND WHATSOEVER WE ASK* WE RECEIVE OF HIM* BECAUSE WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS* AND DO THOSE THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING IN HIS SIGHT* AND THIS IS HIS COMMANDMENT* THAT WE SHOULD BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF HIS SON JESUS CHRIST* AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER* AS HE GAVE US COMMANDMENT* AND HE THAT KEEPETH HIS COMMANDMENTS DWELLETH IN HIM* AND HE IN HIM* AND HEREBY WE KNOW THAT HE ABIDETH IN US* BY THE SPIRIT WHICH HE HATH GIVEN US*
BELOVED* BELIEVE NOT EVERY SPIRIT* BUT TRY THE SPIRITS WHETHER THEY ARE OF GOD* BECAUSE MANY FALSE PROPHETS ARE GONE OUT INTO THE WORLD* HEREBY KNOW YE THE SPIRIT OF GOD* EVERY SPIRIT THAT CONFESSETH THAT JESUS CHRIST IS COME IN THE FLESH IS OF GOD* AND EVERY SPIRIT THAT CONFESSETH NOT THAT JESUS CHRIST IS COME IN THE FLESH IS NOT OF GOD* AND THIS IS THAT SPIRIT OF ANTICHRIST* WHEREOF YE HAVE HEARD THAT IT SHOULD COME* AND EVEN NOW ALREADY IS IT IN THE WORLD* YE ARE OF GOD* LITTLE CHILDREN* AND HAVE OVERCOME THEM* BECAUSE GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN YOU* THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD* THEY ARE OF THE WORLD* THEREFORE SPEAK THEY OF THE WORLD* AND THE WORLD HEARETH THEM* WE ARE OF GOD* HE THAT KNOWETH GOD HEARETH US* HE THAT IS NOT OF GOD HEARETH NOT US* HEREBY KNOW WE THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH* AND THE SPIRIT OF ERROR* BELOVED* LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER* FOR LOVE IS OF GOD* AND EVERY ONE THAT LOVETH IS BORN OF GOD* AND KNOWETH GOD* HE THAT LOVETH NOT KNOWETH NOT GOD* FOR GOD IS LOVE* IN THIS WAS MANIFESTED THE LOVE OF GOD TOWARD US* BECAUSE THAT GOD SENT HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON INTO THE WORLD* THAT WE MIGHT LIVE THROUGH HIM* HEREIN IS LOVE* NOT THAT WE LOVED GOD* BUT THAT HE LOVED US* AND SENT HIS SON TO BE THE PROPITIATION FOR OUR SINS* BELOVED* IF GOD SO LOVED US* WE OUGHT ALSO TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER* NO MAN HATH SEEN GOD AT ANY TIME* IF WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER* GOD DWELLETH IN US* AND HIS LOVE IS PERFECTED IN US* HEREBY KNOW WE THAT WE DWELL IN HIM* AND HE IN US* BECAUSE HE HATH GIVEN US OF HIS SPIRIT* AND WE HAVE SEEN AND DO TESTIFY THAT THE FATHER SENT THE SON TO BE THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD* WHOSOEVER SHALL CONFESS THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD* GOD DWELLETH IN HIM* AND HE IN GOD* AND WE HAVE KNOWN AND BELIEVED THE LOVE THAT GOD HATH TO US* GOD IS LOVE* AND HE THAT DWELLETH IN LOVE DWELLETH IN GOD* AND GOD IN HIM* HEREIN IS OUR LOVE MADE PERFECT* THAT WE MAY HAVE BOLDNESS IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT* BECAUSE AS HE IS* SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD* THERE IS NO FEAR IN LOVE* BUT PERFECT LOVE CASTETH OUT FEAR* BECAUSE FEAR HATH TORMENT* HE THAT FEARETH IS NOT MADE PERFECT IN LOVE* WE LOVE HIM* BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US* IF A MAN SAY* I LOVE GOD* AND HATETH HIS BROTHER* HE IS A LIAR* FOR HE THAT LOVETH NOT HIS BROTHER WHOM HE HATH SEEN* HOW CAN HE LOVE GOD WHOM HE HATH NOT SEEN* AND THIS COMMANDMENT HAVE WE FROM HIM* THAT HE WHO LOVETH GOD LOVE HIS BROTHER ALSO*
WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST IS BORN OF GOD* AND EVERY ONE THAT LOVETH HIM THAT BEGAT LOVETH HIM ALSO THAT IS BEGOTTEN OF HIM* BY THIS WE KNOW THAT WE LOVE THE CHILDREN OF GOD* WHEN WE LOVE GOD* AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS* FOR THIS IS THE LOVE OF GOD* THAT WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS* AND HIS COMMANDMENTS ARE NOT GRIEVOUS* FOR WHATSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD OVERCOMETH THE WORLD* AND THIS IS THE VICTORY THAT OVERCOMETH THE WORLD* EVEN OUR FAITH* WHO IS HE THAT OVERCOMETH THE WORLD* BUT HE THAT BELIEVETH THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD* THIS IS HE THAT CAME BY WATER AND BLOOD* EVEN JESUS CHRIST* NOT BY WATER ONLY* BUT BY WATER AND BLOOD* AND IT IS THE SPIRIT THAT BEARETH WITNESS* BECAUSE THE SPIRIT IS TRUTH* FOR THERE ARE THREE THAT BEAR RECORD IN HEAVEN* THE FATHER* THE WORD* AND THE HOLY GHOST* AND THESE THREE ARE ONE* AND THERE ARE THREE THAT BEAR WITNESS IN EARTH* THE SPIRIT* AND THE WATER* AND THE BLOOD* AND THESE THREE AGREE IN ONE* IF WE RECEIVE THE WITNESS OF MEN* THE WITNESS OF GOD IS GREATER* FOR THIS IS THE WITNESS OF GOD WHICH HE HATH TESTIFIED OF HIS SON* HE THAT BELIEVETH ON THE SON OF GOD HATH THE WITNESS IN HIMSELF* HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT GOD HATH MADE HIM A LIAR* BECAUSE HE BELIEVETH NOT THE RECORD THAT GOD GAVE OF HIS SON* AND THIS IS THE RECORD* THAT GOD HATH GIVEN TO US ETERNAL LIFE* AND THIS LIFE IS IN HIS SON* HE THAT HATH THE SON HATH LIFE* AND HE THAT HATH NOT THE SON OF GOD HATH NOT LIFE* THESE THINGS HAVE I WRITTEN UNTO YOU THAT BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD* THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT YE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE* AND THAT YE MAY BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD* AND THIS IS THE CONFIDENCE THAT WE HAVE IN HIM* THAT* IF WE ASK ANY THING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL* HE HEARETH US* AND IF WE KNOW THAT HE HEAR US* WHATSOEVER WE ASK* WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE PETITIONS THAT WE DESIRED OF HIM* IF ANY MAN SEE HIS BROTHER SIN A SIN WHICH IS NOT UNTO DEATH* HE SHALL ASK* AND HE SHALL GIVE HIM LIFE FOR THEM THAT SIN NOT UNTO DEATH* THERE IS A SIN UNTO DEATH* I DO NOT SAY THAT HE SHALL PRAY FOR IT* ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IS SIN* AND THERE IS A SIN NOT UNTO DEATH* WE KNOW THAT WHOSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD SINNETH NOT* BUT HE THAT IS BEGOTTEN OF GOD KEEPETH HIMSELF* AND THAT WICKED ONE TOUCHETH HIM NOT* AND WE KNOW THAT WE ARE OF GOD* AND THE WHOLE WORLD LIETH IN WICKEDNESS* AND WE KNOW THAT THE SON OF GOD IS COME* AND HATH GIVEN US AN UNDERSTANDING* THAT WE MAY KNOW HIM THAT IS TRUE* AND WE ARE IN HIM THAT IS TRUE* EVEN IN HIS SON JESUS CHRIST* THIS IS THE TRUE GOD* AND ETERNAL LIFE* LITTLE CHILDREN* KEEP YOURSELVES FROM IDOLS* AMEN*