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See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him.
Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.
And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
And all who have this eager expectation will keep themselves pure, just as he is pure.
Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.
Everyone who sins is breaking God’s law, for all sin is contrary to the law of God.
You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.
And you know that Jesus came to take away our sins, and there is no sin in him.
No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.
Anyone who continues to live in him will not sin. But anyone who keeps on sinning does not know him or understand who he is.
Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
Dear children, don’t let anyone deceive you about this: When people do what is right, it shows that they are righteous, even as Christ is righteous.
Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
But when people keep on sinning, it shows that they belong to the devil, who has been sinning since the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy the works of the devil.
By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
Love One Another
For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
Love One Another
This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.
We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing what was righteous.
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters.
But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.
By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him;
Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God.
for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.
Even if we feel guilty, God is greater than our feelings, and he knows everything.
Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;
Dear friends, if we don’t feel guilty, we can come to God with bold confidence.
and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
And we will receive from him whatever we ask because we obey him and do the things that please him.
And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
And this is his commandment: We must believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us.
Those who obey God’s commandments remain in fellowship with him, and he with them. And we know he lives in us because the Spirit he gave us lives in us.