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1 My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
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My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
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He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
3 Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.
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We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands.
4 He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
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Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.
5 But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.
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But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him:
6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
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Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.
7 Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.
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Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard.
8 Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.
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Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.
9 He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now.
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Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness.
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