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My little children, I write these things unto you, that ye sin not; and if anyone has sinned, we have an Advocate before the Father, Jesus, the righteous Christ;
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and he is the reconciliation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for
the sins of the whole world.
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And in this we do know that we have known him if we keep his commandments.
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He that says, I have known him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
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But whosoever keeps his word, in him verily is the charity of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
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He that says he abides in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
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Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
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Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which is the truth in him and in you, because the darkness is past, and the true light now shines.
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He that says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness.