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WhosoeverbelieveththatJesusis the Christ is born[a]ofGod:and every one that loveth him that begatloveth him also that is begottenofhim.
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Bythis we knowthat we love the children of God,when we loveGod,andkeephiscommandments.
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Forthisis the love of God,that we keephiscommandments:andhiscommandmentsarenotgrievous.
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Forwhatsoever is bornofGodovercometh the world:andthisis the victory that overcometh the world, even ourfaith.
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Whois he that overcometh the world,but he that believeththatJesusis the Son of God?
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Thisis he that camebywaterandblood, even JesusChrist;notbywateronly,butbywaterandblood.And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spiritistruth.
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For there arethree that bear recordinheaven, the Father, the Word,and the HolyGhost:andthesethreeareone.
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And there arethree that bear witnessinearth, the Spirit,and the water,and the blood:and these threeagreeinone.
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If we receive the witness of men, the witness of Godisgreater:forthisis the witness of Godwhich he hath testifiedofhisSon.
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He that believethon the Son of Godhath the witnessinhimself: he that believethnotGod hath madehim a liar;because he believethnottherecordthatGodgaveofhisSon.
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Andthisis the record,thatGod hath given to useternallife,andthislifeisinhisSon.
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He that hath the Sonhathlife; and he that hathnot the Son of Godhathnotlife.
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These things have I written unto you that believeon the name of the Son of God;that ye may know that yehaveeternallife,andthat ye may believeon the name of the Son of God.
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Andthisis the confidencethat we havein[b]him,that,if we ask any thingaccording to hiswill, he hearethus:
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Andif we knowthat he hearus,whatsoeverweask, we knowthat we have the petitionsthat we desiredofhim.
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If any manseehisbrothersin a sin which is notuntodeath, he shall ask, and he shall givehimlife for them that sinnotuntodeath. There is a sinuntodeath: I do notsaythat he shall prayforit.
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Allunrighteousnessissin:and there is a sinnotuntodeath.
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We knowthatwhosoever is bornofGodsinnethnot;but he that is begottenofGodkeepethhimself,and that wicked onetouchethhimnot.
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And we knowthat we areofGod,and the wholeworldliethinwickedness.
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And we knowthat the Son of God is come, and hath givenus an understanding,that we may know him that is true,and we arein him that is true, even inhisSonJesusChrist.Thisis the trueGod,andeternallife.