18Little children, it is the last hour; and as you were given word that the Antichrist would come, so now a number of Antichrists have come to you; and by this we are certain that it is the last hour.
19They went out from us but they were not of us; if they had been of us they would still be with us: but they went out from us so that it might be made clear that they were not of us.
20And you have the Spirit from the Holy One and you all have knowledge.
21I have not sent you this letter because you have no knowledge of what is true, but because you have knowledge, and because that which is false has nothing in common with that which is true.
22Who is false but he who says that Jesus is not the Christ? He is the Antichrist who has no belief in the Father or the Son.
23He who has no belief in the Son has not the Father: he who makes clear his belief in the Son has the Father.
24But as for you, keep in your hearts the things which were made clear to you from the first. If you keep these things in your hearts you will be kept in the Father and the Son.
