1 John 2:15; 1 John 2:24; 1 John 2:28

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1 John 2:15

15 Don't love the world's ways. Don't love the world's goods. Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father.
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1 John 2:24

24 Stay with what you heard from the beginning, the original message. Let it sink into your life. If what you heard from the beginning lives deeply in you, you will live deeply in both Son and Father.
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1 John 2:28

28 And now, children, stay with Christ. Live deeply in Christ. Then we'll be ready for him when he appears, ready to receive him with open arms, with no cause for red-faced guilt or lame excuses when he arrives.
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