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I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven on account of his name.
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I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people, because you have conquered the evil one.
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I write to you, children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you are strong and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
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Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world;
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for all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world.
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And the world and its desire are passing away, but those who do the will of God live forever.
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Children, it is the last hour! As you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. From this we know that it is the last hour.
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They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But by going out they made it plain that none of them belongs to us.
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But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and all of you have knowledge.
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I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and you know that no lie comes from the truth.
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Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.