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As for you, let that abide in you which you heard1from the beginning. Ifwhat you heard from the beginningabides in you, you also2will abide in the Son and in the Father.
The Promise Is Eternal Life
253This is the promisewhich He Himself[a]made to us: eternallife.
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Thesethings I have written to you concerningthose who are trying to 4deceive you.
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As for you, the 5anointingwhich you received from Him abides in you, and you havenoneed for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing6teaches you aboutallthings, and is 7true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, [b]you abide in Him.
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Now, 8littlechildren, abide in Him, so that when He 9appears, we may have10confidence and 11not [c]shrinkaway from Him in shame[d]at His 12coming.