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Ifanyonesees his brothercommitting a sin not leading to death, 1he shall ask and God will for him givelife to those who commitsin not leading to death. 2There is a sin leading to death; 3I do not say that he should makerequest for this.
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4Allunrighteousness is sin, and 5there is a sin not leading to death.
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6We know that 7no*one who is born of Godsins; but He who was born of God8keeps him, and 9the evilone does not 10touch him.
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11We know that 12we are of God, and that 13the wholeworldlies in the power of the evilone.
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And 14we know that 15the Son of Godhascome, and has 16given us understandingso that we may know17Him who is true; and we 18are in Him who is true, in His SonJesusChrist. 19This is the trueGod and 20eternallife.
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21Littlechildren, guardyourselves from 22idols.