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8 But also I am writing a new command to you, and you can see its truth in Jesus 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 Anyone who says, "I am in the light," but hates a brother or sister, is still in the darkness.
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Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness.
10 Whoever loves a brother or sister lives in the light and will not cause anyone to stumble in his faith.
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Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.
11 But whoever hates a brother or sister is in darkness, lives in darkness, and does not know where to go, because the darkness has made that person blind.
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But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.
12 I write to you, dear children, because your sins are forgiven through Christ.
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I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.
13 I write to you, parents, because you know the One who existed from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you have defeated the Evil One.
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I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.
14 I write to you, children, because you know the Father. I write to you, parents, because you know the One who existed from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you are strong; the teaching of God lives in you, and you have defeated the Evil One.
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I write to you, dear children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If you love the world, the love of the Father is not in you.
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Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.
16 These are the ways of the world: wanting to please our sinful selves, wanting the sinful things we see, and being too proud of what we have. None of these come from the Father, but all of them come from the world.
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For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.
17 The world and everything that people want in it are passing away, but the person who does what God wants lives forever.
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The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.
18 My dear children, these are the last days. You have heard that the enemy of Christ is coming, and now many enemies of Christ are already here. This is how we know that these are the last days.
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Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.
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