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13 These [things] I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, in order that you may know that you have eternal life.
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I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
14 And this is the confidence that we have before him: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
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This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
15 And if we know that he hears us [in] whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.
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And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.
16 If anyone should see his brother sinning a sin not [leading] to death, he should ask, and he will grant life to him, to those who sin not [leading] to death. ([There] is a sin [leading] to death; I do not say that he should ask about that.
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If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that you should pray about that.
17 All unrighteousness is sin, and [there] is a sin not [leading] to death.)
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All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death.
18 We know that everyone who is fathered by God does not sin, but the one fathered by God, he protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.
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We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them.
19 We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in [the power of] the evil one.
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We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.
20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, in order that we may know the one who is true, and we are in the one who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.
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We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
21 Little children, guard yourselves from idols.
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Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.
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