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Ye -- of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who [is] in you, than he who is in the world.
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They -- of the world they are; because of this from the world they speak, and the world doth hear them;
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we -- of God we are; he who is knowing God doth hear us; he who is not of God, doth not hear us; from this we know the spirit of the truth, and the spirit of the error.
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Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;
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he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.
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In this was manifested the love of God in us, because His Son -- the only begotten -- hath God sent to the world, that we may live through him;
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in this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins.
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Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;
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God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;
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in this we know that in Him we do remain, and He in us, because of His Spirit He hath given us.
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And we -- we have seen and do testify, that the Father hath sent the Son -- Saviour of the world;