1 My little children, I write these things unto you, that ye sin not; and if anyone has sinned, we have an Advocate before the Father, Jesus, the righteous Christ; 2 and he is the reconciliation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 3 And in this we do know that we have known him if we keep his commandments. 4 He that says, I have known him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But whosoever keeps his word, in him verily is the charity of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. 6 He that says he abides in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.