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The Test of Knowing Christ

My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

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Christ Our Advocate

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

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And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.

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He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

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The Test of Knowing Him

Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.

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And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.

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He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

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Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him,

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But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God [a]is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.

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but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:

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He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.

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whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

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[b]Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard [c]from the beginning.

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The New Commandment

Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard.

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Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

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At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, becausea the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

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He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now.

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Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness.

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He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

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Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in himb there is no cause for stumbling.

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But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

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But whoever 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.

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Their Spiritual State

I write to you, little children,
Because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake.

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I am writing to you, little children,
because your sins are forgiven for his name’s sake.

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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 wicked one.
I write to you, little children,
Because you have known the Father.

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I am writing to you, fathers,
because you know him who is from the beginning.
I am writing to you, young men,
because you have overcome the evil one.
I write to you, children,
because you know the Father.

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I have written to you, fathers,
Because you have known Him who is 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 wicked one.

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I write to you, fathers,
because you know him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
because you are strong,
and the word of God abides in you,
and you have overcome the evil one.

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Do Not Love the World

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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Do Not Love the World

Do not love the world or the things 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, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life — is not of the Father but is of the world.

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For all that is in the world — the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of lifec — is not from the Father but is from the world.

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And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

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And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

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Deceptions of the Last Hour

Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the[d] Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.

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Warning Concerning Antichrists

Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.

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They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.

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They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us.

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But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you[e] know all things.

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But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.d

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I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

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I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

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Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.

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Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

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Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

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No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.

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Let Truth Abide in You

Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

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Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.

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And this is the promise that He has promised us — eternal life.

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And this is the promise that he made to use — eternal life.

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These things I have written to you concerning those who try to [f]deceive you.

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I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.

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But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you [g]will abide in Him.

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But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie — just as it has taught you, abide in him.

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The Children of God

And now, little children, abide in Him, that [h]when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.

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Children of God

And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.

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If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.

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If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

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