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- My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;
- and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.
- By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.
- The one who says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
- but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected By this we know that we are in Him:
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- My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
- He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
- We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands.
- The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
- But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him:
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- the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.
- Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.
- On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true Light is already shining.
- The one who says he is in the Light and yet hates his brother is in the darkness until now.
- The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him.
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- Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.
- Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard.
- Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.
- Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness.
- Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble.
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- But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
- I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you for His name's sake.
- I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.
- I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
- Do not love the world nor the things in the world If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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- But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him.
- I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.
- I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, dear children, because you have known the Father.
- I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
- Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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- For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
- The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.
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- For everything in the world--the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does--comes not from the Father but from the world.
- The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.
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