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My littlechildren, I am writingthesethings to you so that you may not sin. And ifanyonesins, we have an Advocate with the Father, JesusChrist the righteous;
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Beloved, I am not writing a newcommandment to you, but an oldcommandmentwhich you have had from the beginning; the oldcommandment is the wordwhich you have heard.
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On the otherhand, I am writing a newcommandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passingaway and the trueLight is alreadyshining.
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But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not knowwhere he is goingbecause the darkness has blinded his eyes.
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I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, youngmen, because you have overcome the evilone. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.
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I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, youngmen, because you are strong, and the word of Godabides in you, and you have overcome the evilone.