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Forall that is in the world, the lust of the flesh,and the lust of the eyes,and the pride of life,isnotof the Father,butisof the world.
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And the world passeth away, and the lustthereof:but he that doeth the will of Godabidethforever.
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Little children, it is the lasttime:andas ye have heardthatantichrist shall come, evennow are theremanyantichrists;whereby we knowthat it is the lasttime.
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They went outfromus,but they werenotofus;forif they had beenofus, they would no doubt have continuedwithus:but they went out, that they might be made manifestthat they werenotallofus.
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Butyehave an unctionfrom the Holy One,and ye know all things.
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I havenotwritten unto youbecause ye knownot the truth,butbecause ye knowit,andthatno*lieisof the truth.
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Whois a liarbut he that denieththatJesusis* the Christ?Heisantichrist, that denieth the Fatherand the Son.
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Whosoeverdenieth the Son, the same hathnot the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Sonhath the Fatheralso.
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Let that thereforeabideinyou,whichye have heardfrom the beginning.If that which ye have heardfrom the beginning shall remaininyou,yealso shall continuein the Son,andin the Father.
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Andthisis the promisethathe hath promisedus, even eternallife.
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These things have I written unto youconcerning them that seduceyou.