^2 (A)Beloved, now we are ^(B)children of God, and ^(C)it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He ^(D)appears, we will be ^(E)like Him, because we will ^(F)see Him just as He is. ³ And everyone who has this ^(G)hope set on Him ^(H)purifies himself, just as He is pure.

¹⁸ Children, ^(A)it is the last hour; and just as you heard that ^(B)antichrist is coming, ^(C)even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.

²⁸ Now, ^(A)little children, remain in Him, so that when He ^(B)appears, we may have ^(C)confidence and ^(D)not ^[a]draw back from Him in shame ^[b]at His ^(E)coming.

⁸ the one who practices sin is ^(A)of the devil; for the devil ^[a]has been sinning from the beginning. ^(B)The Son of God ^(C)appeared for this purpose, ^(D)to destroy the works of the devil.

³ and every spirit that ^(A)does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the ^(B)antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and ^(C)now it is already in the world.