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23 For those who reject the Son reject also the Father; those who accept the Son have the Father also.
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23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
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24 Be sure, then, to keep in your hearts the message you heard from the beginning. If you keep that message, then you will always live in union with the Son and the Father.
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24 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.
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25 And this is what Christ himself promised to give us - eternal life.
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25 And this is what he promised us--even eternal life.
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26 I am writing this to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
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26 I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.
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27 But as for you, Christ has poured out his Spirit on you. As long as his Spirit remains in you, you do not need anyone to teach you. For his Spirit teaches you about everything, and what he teaches is true, not false. Obey the Spirit's teaching, then, and remain in union with Christ.
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27 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.
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28 Yes, my children, remain in union with him, so that when he appears we may be full of courage and need not hide in shame from him on the Day he comes.
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28 And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.
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29 You know that Christ is righteous; you should know, then, that everyone who does what is right is God's child.
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29 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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| Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. (Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
