131Thesethings I have written to you who 2believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have3eternallife.
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This is 4the confidencewhich we havebefore Him, that, 5if we askanythingaccording to His will, He hears us.
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And if we know that He hears us in whatever* we ask, 6we know that we have the requestswhich we have asked from Him.
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Ifanyonesees his brothercommitting a sin not leading to death, 7he shall ask and God will for him givelife to those who commitsin not leading to death. 8There is a sin leading to death; 9I do not say that he should makerequest for this.
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10Allunrighteousness is sin, and 11there is a sin not leading to death.
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12We know that 13no*one who is born of Godsins; but He who was born of God14keeps him, and 15the evilone does not 16touch him.
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17We know that 18we are of God, and that 19the wholeworldlies in the power of the evilone.
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And 20we know that 21the Son of Godhascome, and has 22given us understandingso that we may know23Him who is true; and we 24are in Him who is true, in His SonJesusChrist. 25This is the trueGod and 26eternallife.
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27Littlechildren, guardyourselves from 28idols.