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Every one who is guilty of sin is also guilty of violating Law; for sin is the violation of Law.
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And you know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.
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No one who continues in union with Him lives in sin: no one who lives in sin has seen Him or knows Him.
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Dear children, let no one lead you astray. The man who acts righteously is righteous, just as He is righteous.
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He who is habitually guilty of sin is a child of the Devil, because the Devil has been a sinner from the very beginning. The Son of God appeared for the purpose of undoing the work of the Devil.
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No one who is a child of God is habitually guilty of sin. A God-given germ of life remains in him, and he cannot habitually sin--because he is a child of God.
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By this we can distinguish God's children and the Devil's children: no one who fails to act righteously is a child of God, nor he who does not love his brother man.
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For this is the Message you have heard from the beginning--that we are to love one another.
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We are not to resemble Cain, who was a child of the Evil one and killed his own brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own actions were wicked and his brother's actions righteous.
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Do not be surprised, brethren, if the world hates you.
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As for us, we know that we have already passed out of death into Life--because we love our brother men. He who is destitute of love continues dead.