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My little children, these things write I unto you,that ye sinnot.Andif any mansin, we have an advocatewith the Father,JesusChrist the righteous:
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Andheis the propitiationforoursins:andnotforoursonly,butalsofor the sins of the wholeworld.
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Andherebywe do knowthat we knowhim,if we keephiscommandments.
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He that saith, I knowhim,andkeepethnothiscommandments,is a liar,and the truthisnotinhim.
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Butwhosokeepeth*hisword,inhimverilyis the love of Godperfected: herebyknowwethat we areinhim.
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He that saith he abidethinhimoughthimselfalsoso to walk, even ashewalked.
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Brethren, I writenonewcommandment unto you,but an oldcommandmentwhich ye hadfrom the beginning. The oldcommandmentis the wordwhich ye have heardfrom the beginning.
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Again, a newcommandment I write unto you, which thingistrueinhimandinyou:because the darkness is past, and the truelightnowshineth.
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He that saith he isin the light,andhatethhisbrother,isindarkness even untilnow.
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He that lovethhisbrotherabidethin the light,and there isnone occasion of stumblinginhim.
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But he that hatethhisbrotherisindarkness,andwalkethindarkness,andknowethnotwhither he goeth, because that darkness hath blindedhiseyes.
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I write unto you, little children,because your sins are forgivenyouforhisname'ssake.
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I write unto you,fathers,because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men,because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children,because ye have known the Father.
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I have written unto you,fathers,because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men,because ye arestrong,and the word of Godabidethinyou,and ye have overcome the wicked one.
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Lovenot the world,neither the things that are in the world.If any manlove the world, the love of the Fatherisnotinhim.
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Forall that is in the world, the lust of the flesh,and the lust of the eyes,and the pride of life,isnotof the Father,butisof the world.
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And the world passeth away, and the lustthereof:but he that doeth the will of Godabidethforever.