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Whosoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and anyone that loves him that begat also loves him that is born of him.
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In this we know that we love the sons of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.
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For this is the charity of God, that we keep his commandments, and his commandments are not grievous.
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For whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that overcomes the world,
even our faith.
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Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
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This is Jesus, the Christ, who came by water and blood; not by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit is he that bears witness, because the Spirit is the truth.
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For there are three that bear witness in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.
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And there are three that bear witness on earth, the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree in one.