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Children, 1it is the lasthour; and just as you heard that 2antichrist is coming, 3evennowmanyantichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the lasthour.
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4They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, 5so that [a]it would be shown that they all are not of us.
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[b]But you have an 6anointing from 7the HolyOne, and 8you allknow.
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I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but 9because you do know it, and [c]becauseno*lie is 10of the truth.
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Who is the liar but 11the one who denies that Jesus is the [d]Christ? This is 12the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.
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13Whoeverdenies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Sonhas the Fatheralso.
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As for you, let that abide in you which you heard14from the beginning. Ifwhat you heard from the beginningabides in you, you also15will abide in the Son and in the Father.