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21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
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I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.
22 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
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Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son.
23 No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.
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No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
24 Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.
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As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.
25 And this is the promise that he made to us--eternal life.
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And this is what he promised us—eternal life.
26 I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
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I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.
27 But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie--just as it has taught you, abide in him.
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As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.
28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.
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And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.
29 If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
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If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.
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