11My littlechildren, I am 2writingthesethings to you so that you may not sin. And ifanyonesins, 3we have an [a]4Advocate with the Father, JesusChrist the righteous;
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and He Himself is 5the [b]propitiation for our sins; and not for oursonly, but also6for those of the wholeworld.
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7By this we know that we have come to 8know Him, if we 9keep His commandments.
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The one who says, "10I have come to 11know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a 12liar, and 13the truth is not in him;
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but whoever*14keeps His word, in him the 15love of God has truly been perfected. 16By this we know that we are in Him:
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the one who says he 17abides in Him 18oughthimself to walk in the samemanner as He walked.