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1Beloved, I am 2not writing a newcommandment to you, but an oldcommandmentwhich you have had3from the beginning; the oldcommandment is the wordwhich you have heard.
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[a]On the otherhand, I am writing4a newcommandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because5the darkness is passingaway and 6the trueLight is alreadyshining.
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The one who says he is in the Light and yet 7hates his 8brother is in the darknessuntilnow.
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9The one who loves his brotherabides in the Light and there is nocause for stumbling in him.
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But the one who 10hates his brother is in the darkness and 11walks in the darkness, and does not knowwhere he is goingbecause the darkness has 12blinded his eyes.
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I am writing to you, 13littlechildren, because14your sins have been forgiven you for His name'ssake.
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I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him 15who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, youngmen, because16you have overcome17the evilone. I have written to you, children, because18you know the Father.
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I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him 19who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, youngmen, because you are 20strong, and the 21word of Godabides in you, and 22you have overcome the evilone.
Do Not Love the World
15 Do not love23the worldnor the things in the world. 24Ifanyoneloves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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For all that is in the world, 25the lust of the flesh and 26the lust of the eyes and 27the boastfulpride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
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28The world is passingaway, and also its lusts; but the one who 29does the will of Godlivesforever.