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I write unto you, little children, that your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
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I write unto you, fathers, that ye have known him
that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, that ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, that ye have known the Father.
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I have written unto you, fathers, that ye have known him
that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, that ye are strong and the word of God abides in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
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Love not the world neither the things
that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the charity of the Father is not in him.
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For all that
is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
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And the world passes away and the lust thereof, but he that does the will of God abides for ever.
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Little children, it is the last hour, and as ye have heard that the antichrist comes, likewise there are also beginning to be many antichrists, by which we know that it is the last time.
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They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would
no doubt have continued with us; but
this happened that it might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
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But ye have the anointing of the Holy One, and ye know all things.
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I have not written unto you as if ye ignore the truth, but as unto those that know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
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Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? This same is antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.